1. Associations between gestational exposure to neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and early childhood weight status.
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Neally SJ, Widen EM, Hoyo C, and Martin CL
- Subjects
- Humans, Female, Pregnancy, Male, Infant, Child, Preschool, Socioeconomic Factors, Neighborhood Characteristics, Residence Characteristics statistics & numerical data, Infant, Newborn, Weight Gain, Adult, Risk Factors, Pediatric Obesity epidemiology, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects epidemiology
- Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to examine associations between prenatal neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation (NSD) with early offspring weight status and to assess potential modification by race and ethnicity., Methods: We used data from the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST) cohort. Gestational NSD was assessed as neighbourhood deprivation index (NDI) tertiles. Offspring height and weight were assessed at 6 months (N = 1023), 1 year (N = 1268), 2 years (N = 1033) and 3 years (N = 1038). Multilevel logistic regression models estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the relationship of NDI with overweight or obesity and rapid infant weight gain, adjusting for gestational parent age, race/ethnicity, marital status and educational attainment. Models were estimated in the total sample and also stratified by race and ethnicity., Results: Children exposed to NDI in the highest (compared to the lowest) tertile had increased odds of having overweight/obesity at 1 year (OR = 1.53, 95%CI = 1.09-2.15). In stratified models, children of NH Black gestational parents residing in the highest tertile of NDI (compared to the lowest) had increased odds of having overweight/obesity at 1 year (OR = 1.67, 95%CI = 1.00-2.77)., Conclusions: This findings suggest that higher gestational exposure to NSD may play a role in early childhood weight status, which has important implications for later development and health., (© 2024 World Obesity Federation.)
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- 2025
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