Associations Between Gestational Exposure to Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and Early Childhood Weight Status

Overview

Journal Pediatr Obes

Specialties Endocrinology
Pediatrics

Date 2024 Nov 26

PMID 39587697

Authors

Sam J Neally

Elizabeth M Widen

Cathrine Hoyo

Chantel L Martin

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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.

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