1. The role of maternal anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa before and during pregnancy in early childhood wheezing: Findings from the NINFEA birth cohort study.
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Popovic, Maja, Pizzi, Costanza, Rusconi, Franca, Gagliardi, Luigi, Galassi, Claudia, Trevisan, Morena, Merletti, Franco, and Richiardi, Lorenzo
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SMOKING , *ANOREXIA nervosa , *BULIMIA , *CHILD care , *EATING disorders , *LONGITUDINAL method , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESPIRATORY organ sounds , *ATTITUDES of mothers , *CHILDREN , *PREGNANCY ,PREGNANCY complication risk factors - Abstract
Objective: This study evaluates associations of maternal eating disorders (bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and purging behaviors) with infant wheezing and examines the effects of eating disorders on several wheezing determinants. Method: We studied 5,150 singletons from the NINFEA birth cohort. Maternal bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa diagnoses were ascertained from the questionnaires completed in pregnancy and 6 months after delivery, and were analyzed as: ever diagnosis, only before pregnancy, and during pregnancy. Purging behaviors were assessed for 12 months before or during pregnancy. The associations with wheezing between 6 and 18 months of age were assessed in models adjusted for a priori selected confounders. Results: Children born to mothers with lifetime eating disorders were at an increased risk of developing wheezing (adjusted OR 1.68; [95% CI: 1.08, 2.60]), and this risk further increased when the disorders were active during pregnancy (2.52 [1.23, 5.19]). Increased risk of offspring wheezing was observed also for purging behaviors without history of eating disorder diagnosis (1.50 [1.10, 2.04]). The observed associations were not explained by comorbid depression and/or anxiety. Bulimia nervosa and/or anorexia nervosa during pregnancy were also associated with several risk factors for wheezing, including maternal smoking, adverse pregnancy outcomes, shorter breastfeeding duration, and day‐care attendance. Discussion: The associations of maternal eating disorders with offspring wheezing suggest long‐term adverse respiratory outcomes in children of mothers with eating disorders. A better understanding of mechanisms implicated is necessary to help reduce the respiratory disease burden in these children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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