Association of birth weight with adiposity in school children from different regions of Argentina

Autor: Valeria Hirschler, Edit Scaiola, Claudio González, Zelmira Guntsche, Claudia Molinari, Cecilia Miorin, Natacha Maldonado, Silvia Gorbán de Lapertosa, Concepción García, Mariana Hidalgo, Gustavo Maccallini, Agustina Lizazú, Valeria Calzia, Romina Di Firma, Ornella Lione, Gianluca Sansoni, Patricia Bocco, María Carolina Albornoz, Alejandra Verónica Burgarello, Lorena Beatriz Benitez, Silvina Radio, Carolina Beatriz Yulán, Silvana Beatriz Cáceres, Mariana Andrea De La Rosa, Sabrina Martín, Julieta Pomilio, Belén Raina, Pilar Márquez, Yamil Pareja, Antonella Debiasi, Martín Muzaber, Gina Pipistrelli, Carla Pons, Diana Lang
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes, Vol 54, Iss 3, Pp 125-131 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0325-5247
2346-9420
DOI: 10.47196/diab.v54i3.453
Popis: Introduction: several studies have suggested that low and high birth weight are associated with obesity (OB) and overweight (OW) during childhood and adulthood. Objectives: to determine the association between birth weight and OB in 9-year-old schoolchildren from three areas of Argentina. Materials an methods: anthropometric measurements and blood pressure (BP) were taken in 1.131 schoolchildren (505 males) of an average age of 8.8±2.1 years in three areas of Argentina during 2019. Mothers were asked about their children’s birth weight and lifestyle. Results: 21.1% (239) of the children had OW (BMI>85 95 percentile). The prevalence of low birth weight (4.000 g) was 7.3% (n=82). The 9-year-old z-BMI score increased significantly with increasing birth weight: low birth weight (z-BMI=0.33), normal (z-BMI=0.72) and high (z-BMI=1.12). In multiple logistic regression models, it was found that low birth weight was inversely associated with OB (OR, 0.41 [95% CI: 0.19-0.92]), while high birth weight was directly associated with OB adjusted for age and sex (OR, 2.48 [95% CI 1.53-4.02]). Conclusions: our data indicate that high birth weight, but not low birth weight, is associated with OB in 9-year-old schoolchildren, while low birth weight is inversely associated with OB.
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