Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort.
BACKGROUND: Well documented diversity in risk of developing overweight and obesity between children of immigrant and of native mothers, might be explained by different body mass index (BMI) development trajectories in relation to maternal and perinatal characteristics of offspring. OBJECTIVES: To as...
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| author | Mohsen Besharat Pour Anna Bergström Matteo Bottai Jessica Magnusson Inger Kull Magnus Wickman Tahereh Moradi |
| author_facet | Mohsen Besharat Pour Anna Bergström Matteo Bottai Jessica Magnusson Inger Kull Magnus Wickman Tahereh Moradi |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Well documented diversity in risk of developing overweight and obesity between children of immigrant and of native mothers, might be explained by different body mass index (BMI) development trajectories in relation to maternal and perinatal characteristics of offspring. OBJECTIVES: To assess BMI development trajectories among children born to immigrant and to Swedish mothers from birth to adolescence in relation to perinatal characteristics. METHODS: A cohort of 2517 children born in Stockholm during 1994 to 1996 was followed with repeated measurement of height and weight at eleven time points until age 12 years. We estimated changes over time for BMI in relation to maternal and perinatal characteristics of offspring using mixed linear model analysis for repeated measure data. RESULTS: We observed a significant BMI change over time in children and time interaction with maternal migration status (P<0.0001). Estimated BMI over time adjusted for maternal and perinatal characteristics of offspring, showed slower BMI growth before age of 5, followed by an earlier plateau and steeper BMI growth after 5 years among children of immigrant mothers compared with children of Swedish mothers. These differences in BMI growth were more prominent among children with mothers from outside Europe. CONCLUSION: Beside reinforcing early childhood as a crucial period in development of overweight, the observed slower BMI development at early childhood among children of immigrants followed by a steeper increase in BMI compared with children of Swedish mothers is important for further studies and for planning of preventive public health programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae15a6f3396b4b31b5b3239288dcef6e2022-12-22T03:15:25ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-01910e10951910.1371/journal.pone.0109519Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort.Mohsen Besharat PourAnna BergströmMatteo BottaiJessica MagnussonInger KullMagnus WickmanTahereh MoradiBACKGROUND: Well documented diversity in risk of developing overweight and obesity between children of immigrant and of native mothers, might be explained by different body mass index (BMI) development trajectories in relation to maternal and perinatal characteristics of offspring. OBJECTIVES: To assess BMI development trajectories among children born to immigrant and to Swedish mothers from birth to adolescence in relation to perinatal characteristics. METHODS: A cohort of 2517 children born in Stockholm during 1994 to 1996 was followed with repeated measurement of height and weight at eleven time points until age 12 years. We estimated changes over time for BMI in relation to maternal and perinatal characteristics of offspring using mixed linear model analysis for repeated measure data. RESULTS: We observed a significant BMI change over time in children and time interaction with maternal migration status (P<0.0001). Estimated BMI over time adjusted for maternal and perinatal characteristics of offspring, showed slower BMI growth before age of 5, followed by an earlier plateau and steeper BMI growth after 5 years among children of immigrant mothers compared with children of Swedish mothers. These differences in BMI growth were more prominent among children with mothers from outside Europe. CONCLUSION: Beside reinforcing early childhood as a crucial period in development of overweight, the observed slower BMI development at early childhood among children of immigrants followed by a steeper increase in BMI compared with children of Swedish mothers is important for further studies and for planning of preventive public health programs.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4193784?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Mohsen Besharat Pour Anna Bergström Matteo Bottai Jessica Magnusson Inger Kull Magnus Wickman Tahereh Moradi Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort. PLoS ONE |
| title | Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort. |
| title_full | Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort. |
| title_fullStr | Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort. |
| title_short | Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort. |
| title_sort | body mass index development from birth to early adolescence effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a swedish cohort |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4193784?pdf=render |
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