
Being macrosomic at birth is an independent predictor of overweight in children: results from the IDEFICS study
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- Sonia Sparano, Wolfgang Ahrens, Stefaan De Henauw (UGent) , Staffan Marild, Denes Molnar, Luis A Moreno, Marc Suling, Michael Tornaritis, Toomas Veidebaum, Alfonso Siani and Paola Russo
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- Fetal macrosomia is a risk factor for the development of obesity late in childhood. We retrospectively evaluated the relationship between maternal conditions associated with fetal macrosomia and actual overweight/obesity in the European cohort of children participating in the IDEFICS study. Anthropometric variables, blood pressure and plasma lipids and glucose were measured. Socio-demographic data, medical history and perinatal factors, familiar and gestational history, maternal and/or gestational diabetes were assessed by a questionnaire. Variables of interest were reported for 10,468 children (M/F = 5,294/5,174; age 6.0 +/- A 1.8 years, M +/- A SD). The sample was divided in four groups according to child birth weight (BW) and maternal diabetes: (1) adequate for gestational age offspring (BW between the 10th and 90th percentiles for gestational age) of mothers without diabetes (AGA-ND); (2) adequate for gestational age offspring of mothers with diabetes (AGA-D); (3) macrosomic offspring (BW > 90th percentile for gestational age) of mothers without diabetes (Macro-ND); (4) macrosomic offspring of mothers with diabetes (Macro-D). Children macrosomic at birth showed significantly higher actual values of body mass index, waist circumference, and sum of skinfold thickness. In both boys and girls, Macro-ND was an independent determinant of overweight/obesity, after the adjustment for confounders [Boys: OR = 1.7 95 % CI (1.3;2.2); Girls: OR = 1.6 95 % CI (1.3;2.0)], while Macro-D showed a significant association only in girls [OR = 2.6 95 % CI (1.1;6.4)]. Fetal macrosomia, also in the absence of maternal/gestational diabetes, is independently associated with the development of overweight/obesity during childhood. Improving the understanding of fetal programming will contribute to the early prevention of childhood overweight/obesity.
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- Gestational diabetes, Fetal macrosomia, Childhood obesity, Gestational weight gain, IDEFICS, BODY-MASS INDEX, METABOLIC SYNDROME, CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT, FETAL MACROSOMIA, RISK-FACTORS, OBESITY, ADOLESCENTS, ORIGINS, WEIGHT, MULTICENTER
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-4253556
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- Sparano, Sonia, et al. “Being Macrosomic at Birth Is an Independent Predictor of Overweight in Children: Results from the IDEFICS Study.” MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL, vol. 17, no. 8, 2013, pp. 1373–81, doi:10.1007/s10995-012-1136-2.
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- Sparano, S., Ahrens, W., De Henauw, S., Marild, S., Molnar, D., Moreno, L. A., … Russo, P. (2013). Being macrosomic at birth is an independent predictor of overweight in children: results from the IDEFICS study. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL, 17(8), 1373–1381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-012-1136-2
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- Sparano, Sonia, Wolfgang Ahrens, Stefaan De Henauw, Staffan Marild, Denes Molnar, Luis A Moreno, Marc Suling, et al. 2013. “Being Macrosomic at Birth Is an Independent Predictor of Overweight in Children: Results from the IDEFICS Study.” MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL 17 (8): 1373–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-012-1136-2.
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- Sparano, Sonia, Wolfgang Ahrens, Stefaan De Henauw, Staffan Marild, Denes Molnar, Luis A Moreno, Marc Suling, Michael Tornaritis, Toomas Veidebaum, Alfonso Siani, and Paola Russo. 2013. “Being Macrosomic at Birth Is an Independent Predictor of Overweight in Children: Results from the IDEFICS Study.” MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL 17 (8): 1373–1381. doi:10.1007/s10995-012-1136-2.
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- 1.Sparano S, Ahrens W, De Henauw S, Marild S, Molnar D, Moreno LA, et al. Being macrosomic at birth is an independent predictor of overweight in children: results from the IDEFICS study. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL. 2013;17(8):1373–81.
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- [1]S. Sparano et al., “Being macrosomic at birth is an independent predictor of overweight in children: results from the IDEFICS study,” MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1373–1381, 2013.
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