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Maternal body mass: relation with infant respiratory symptoms and infections

Maternal body mass: relation with infant respiratory symptoms and infections
Maternal body mass: relation with infant respiratory symptoms and infections
Background Maternal obesity is increasingly prevalent in many westernised countries. Many studies report associations between maternal obesity and childhood wheeze or asthma but few have considered maternal obesity in relation to respiratory infections or symptoms other than wheeze during infancy. This study assesses the relationship between maternal BMI and reported wheeze, cough and respiratory infections during the first year of life.

Methods In 2799 mother-child pairs we examined the relations between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and pregnancy weight gain and reported offspring wheeze, prolonged cough, lower respiratory tract infection, croup and ear infection before age one year, along with reported diarrhoea or vomiting. Maternally-reported paternal BMI was included in the models as a proxy for unmeasured confounding by shared familial factors.

Results Higher maternal BMI was associated with increased risks of offspring wheeze, prolonged cough and lower respiratory tract infection (relative risks (95% CI) per 5 kg m-2 1.09 (1.05-1.13), 1.09 (1.03-1.14) and 1.13 (1.07-1.20), respectively). These associations remained after adjusting for maternally-reported paternal BMI. No associations were found with croup, ear infection, or diarrhoea or vomiting. Pregnancy weight gain was not associated with any of the offspring symptoms or illnesses.

Discussion Higher maternal BMI is associated with increased risk of wheeze, cough and maternally reported lower respiratory tract infection in infancy. These associations were independent of maternally-reported paternal BMI. These observations might be explained by intrauterine effects of maternal obesity upon respiratory or immune development.
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Rajappan, Ashley, Pearce, Anna, Inskip, Hazel, Baird, Janis, Crozier, Sarah, Cooper, Cyrus, Godfrey, Keith, Roberts, Graham, Lucas, Jane and Pike, Katharine (2017) Maternal body mass: relation with infant respiratory symptoms and infections. Pediatric Pulmonology, 52 (10), 1291-1299. (doi:10.1002/ppul.23779).

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Background Maternal obesity is increasingly prevalent in many westernised countries. Many studies report associations between maternal obesity and childhood wheeze or asthma but few have considered maternal obesity in relation to respiratory infections or symptoms other than wheeze during infancy. This study assesses the relationship between maternal BMI and reported wheeze, cough and respiratory infections during the first year of life.

Methods In 2799 mother-child pairs we examined the relations between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and pregnancy weight gain and reported offspring wheeze, prolonged cough, lower respiratory tract infection, croup and ear infection before age one year, along with reported diarrhoea or vomiting. Maternally-reported paternal BMI was included in the models as a proxy for unmeasured confounding by shared familial factors.

Results Higher maternal BMI was associated with increased risks of offspring wheeze, prolonged cough and lower respiratory tract infection (relative risks (95% CI) per 5 kg m-2 1.09 (1.05-1.13), 1.09 (1.03-1.14) and 1.13 (1.07-1.20), respectively). These associations remained after adjusting for maternally-reported paternal BMI. No associations were found with croup, ear infection, or diarrhoea or vomiting. Pregnancy weight gain was not associated with any of the offspring symptoms or illnesses.

Discussion Higher maternal BMI is associated with increased risk of wheeze, cough and maternally reported lower respiratory tract infection in infancy. These associations were independent of maternally-reported paternal BMI. These observations might be explained by intrauterine effects of maternal obesity upon respiratory or immune development.

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Accepted/In Press date: 10 July 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 August 2017
Published date: October 2017

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/412121
ISSN: 8755-6863
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ORCID for Keith Godfrey: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4643-0618
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Date deposited: 11 Jul 2017 16:31
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Author: Ashley Rajappan
Author: Anna Pearce
Author: Hazel Inskip ORCID iD
Author: Janis Baird ORCID iD
Author: Sarah Crozier ORCID iD
Author: Cyrus Cooper ORCID iD
Author: Keith Godfrey ORCID iD
Author: Graham Roberts ORCID iD
Author: Jane Lucas ORCID iD
Author: Katharine Pike

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