Associations of Maternal Psychological Distress during Pregnancy with Childhood General and Organ Fat Measures

Vehmeijer, Florianne O L; Silva, Carolina C V; Derks, Ivonne P M; Marroun, Hanan El; Oei, Edwin H.G.; Felix, Janine F.; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Santos, Susana

doi:10.1089/chi.2018.0300

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“…Though unadjusted analyses indicated associations between prenatal maternal anxiety and depression and offspring anthropometric outcomes, these were attenuated when confounders were adjusted for. Our findings differ from previous research suggesting maternal prenatal anxiety and depression adversely impact offspring health and developmental outcomes [12,13,27] . A recent examination of the impact of mid-pregnancy maternal prenatal depression and anxiety identified associations with higher triglycerides in females and higher pulse rate in males at 10 years [14].…”

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“…Lack of observed associations in the current study may be because in-utero maternal anxiety and depression exposure may be too early to impact on offspring cardiometabolic trajectories over the long term[13]. A recent review of associations between maternal stress and child weight outcomes found that later childhood exposure was more strongly associated with offspring weight than exposure in infancy[28].…”

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“…However, chronic anxiety and/or depression (experienced over a prolonged period) during pregnancy, may also lead to adverse offspring outcomes [7]. It is further argued that such pathways, as well as behavioural and environmental mechanisms, increase risk of unfavourable offspring cardiometabolic health outcomes, including increased adiposity and poor cardiovascular function [6,[12][13][14].…”

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“…To date, inconsistent associations have been observed between maternal prenatal anxiety and depression, and child and adolescent cardiometabolic risk factors including high blood pressure [12,15], increased insulin resistance [12,14] and overweight [13,[16][17][18][19]. Little is known about effects of timing of prenatal maternal anxiety and depression exposures on offspring cardiometabolic outcomes, though there is some evidence that later exposures may confer increased risk [13]. There is some limited evidence for differential associations by 'type' of exposure, such as type of psychological distress exposure (e.g.…”

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Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study

Matvienko‐Sikar

Neill

Fraser

et al. 2021

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BackgroundQuantifying long-term offspring cardiometabolic health risks associated with maternal prenatal anxiety and depression can guide cardiometabolic risk prevention. This study examines associations between maternal prenatal anxiety and depression, and offspring cardiometabolic risk from birth to 18 years.MethodsParticipants were 526-8,606 mother-offspring pairs from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Exposures were anxiety (Crown-Crisp Inventory score) and depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score) measured at 18 and 32 weeks gestation. Outcomes were trajectories of offspring body mass index; fat mass; lean mass; pulse rate; glucose, diastolic and systolic blood pressure; triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and insulin from birth/early childhood to 18 years. Exposures were analysed categorically using clinically relevant, cut-offs and continuously to examine associations across the distribution of prenatal anxiety and depression.ResultsWe found no strong evidence of associations between maternal anxiety and depression, and offspring trajectories of any cardiometabolic risk factors, except for small, inconsistent associations with fat mass trajectories that attenuated upon confounder adjustment. For instance, in unadjusted analyses, anxiety at both 18 and 32 weeks was associated with a 1.8% (95% Confidence Interval (CI), 0.29,3.33) higher mean BMI, which spanned the null (difference (95% CI): 0.7% (−0.76,2.13) after adjustment for confounders.ConclusionsThis is the first examination of maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of offspring cardiometabolic risk. Our findings suggest that prevention of maternal prenatal anxiety and depression may have limited impact on offspring cardiometabolic health across the first two decades of life.

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Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study

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“…On the other hand, the high anxiety score of mothers correlated positively with the athletes increase in BMI. Although Marshall and associates [23] reported that maternal depression influences children's weight and may increase risk of obesity, Vehmeijer and associates [24] confirmed the current study findings and reported that maternal anxiety was associated with higher children BMI with no associations observed for maternal depression.…”

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Effect of COVID 19 Lockdown on a Group of Young Egyptian Athletes

Nassar

Allam

Shata

2020

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OBJECTIVE: The current study was designed to highlight the physical and psychological health hazards that young Egyptian athletes faced during the COVID-19 lockdown. SETTING: Private sporting club in Cairo. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: This study included 37 young Egyptian male soccer players whose ages ranged between 9 and 11 years. INTERVENTIONS: Each athlete was subjected to detailed history taking and their anthropometric measurements were taken, mainly weight and height with calculation of their body mass index (BMI). Two questionnaires were filled by each of the enrolled athlete covering their sleep habits and their quality of life (QoL). Finally, the mothers were asked to fill in a questionnaire concerned with depression, anxiety and stress. RESULTS: More than 50% of the enrolled athletes gained weight during the lockdown. Significantly more young athletes who gained weight reported no compliance to the assigned home exercises and more sleeping hours. The mothers' depression score correlated negatively and their anxiety score correlated positively with the increased BMI of the athletes. The athletes mean QoL Score worsened significantly from March to July 2020. Additionally, a significant negative correlation was found between the increased BMI and the change of QoL. CONCLUSION: The recent pandemic lockdown had both physical and psychological effects on Egyptian young athletes. The increased BMI was significantly reported among those who didn't do home exercises and had a negative correlation with their QoL change throughout the lockdown. Additionally, the mothers' depression and anxiety had a possible reflection on their youngsters' weight gain.

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Grandparent Coresidence and Risk of Early Child Overweight and Obesity in Low-Income, Hispanic Families in New York City

Katzow

Messito

Mendelsohn

et al. 2022

Academic Pediatrics

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Associations of Maternal Psychological Distress during Pregnancy with Childhood General and Organ Fat Measures

Cited by 15 publications

References 49 publications

Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study

Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study

Effect of COVID 19 Lockdown on a Group of Young Egyptian Athletes

Grandparent Coresidence and Risk of Early Child Overweight and Obesity in Low-Income, Hispanic Families in New York City

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