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Cesarean delivery and risk of childhood obesity.
J. Pediatr. 164, 1068-1073 (2014)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether birth by cesarean delivery rather than vaginal delivery is a risk factor for later childhood obesity. STUDY DESIGN: Healthy, full-term infants were recruited. Overweight and obesity were defined using measured weight and height according to World Health Organization reference data. Associations between cesarean delivery and being overweight or obese were investigated at age 2, 6, and 10 years (n = 1734, 1244, and 1170, respectively) by multivariate logistic regression models adjusted for socioeconomic status, child characteristics, and maternal prepregnancy characteristics. RESULTS: Mothers who gave birth by cesarean delivery (∼17%) had a higher mean prepregnancy body mass index (23.7 kg/m(2) vs 22.5 kg/m(2)), greater mean gestational weight gain (15.3 kg vs 14.5 kg), and shorter mean duration of exclusive breastfeeding (3.4 months vs 3.8 months) compared with those who delivered vaginally. The proportion of obese children was greater in the cesarean delivery group compared with the vaginal delivery group at age 2 years (13.6% vs 8.3%), but not at older ages. Regression analyses revealed a greater likelihood of obesity at age 2 years in the cesarean delivery group compared with the vaginal delivery group at age 2 years (aOR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.10-2.58), but not at age 6 years (aOR, 1.49; 95% CI, 0.55-4.05) or age 10 years (aOR, 1.16; 95% CI, 0.59-2.29). CONCLUSION: Cesarean delivery may increase the risk of obesity in early childhood. Our results do not support the hypothesis that an increasing rate of cesarean delivery contributes to obesity in childhood.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Bmi ; Body Mass Index; Body-mass Index; Gut Microbiota; Prospective Cohort; Maternal Bmi; Section; Growth; Birth; Children; Mode; Weight
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2014
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2014
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0022-3476
e-ISSN
1097-6833
Zeitschrift
Journal of Pediatrics, The
Quellenangaben
Band: 164,
Heft: 5,
Seiten: 1068-1073
Verlag
Elsevier
Verlagsort
New York
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
POF Topic(s)
30503 - Chronic Diseases of the Lung and Allergies
Forschungsfeld(er)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e)
G-503900-001
PubMed ID
24508442
WOS ID
WOS:000335516000026
Scopus ID
84899088010
Scopus ID
84893197688
Erfassungsdatum
2014-02-12