ArticleBiological psychology2014
Pre-pregnancy obesity and maternal circadian cortisol regulation: Moderation by gestational weight gain.
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- Normative serum cortisol levels in second and third trimesters and their associated factors: A prospective cohort study from Sri Lanka.PloS one · 2025Article
- Serial Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Profiles in 667 Pregnant Women-Association With Cardiometabolic Complications.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Article
- Maternal prenatal cortisol and the interaction of income and pre-pregnancy body mass index are independently associated with newborn cortisol.Developmental psychobiology · 2023Article
- High fat diet induces obesity, alters eating pattern and disrupts corticosterone circadian rhythms in female ICR mice.PloS one · 2023Article
- Third trimester cortisol is positively associated with gestational weight gain in pregnant women with class one obesity.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Article
- Urinary cortisol is lower in pregnant women with higher pre-pregnancy BMI.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Gestational Weight Gain by Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI and Childhood Problem Behaviours in School-Age Years: A Pooled Analysis of Two European Birth Cohorts.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
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- Study Design, Protocol and Profile of the Maternal And Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Pregnancy Cohort: a Prospective Cohort Study in Predominantly Low-Income Hispanic Women in Urban Los Angeles.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
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- Adiposity and weight gain during pregnancy associate independently with behavior of infant rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).Developmental psychobiology · 2018Article
- Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and gestational weight gain influence neonatal neurobehaviour.Maternal & child nutrition · 2017Article
- CRH as a Predictor of Preterm Birth in Minority Women.Biological research for nursing · 2016Article
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Abstract
We investigated main and interactive effects of maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and gestational weight gain on circadian cortisol from the second to third trimester. A diverse sample of 215 pregnant women was enrolled. Maternal height and most recent pre-pregnancy weight were collected at study initiation (22% obese). Weight and circadian salivary cortisol samples were measured during second (24±4) and third (35±1 weeks) trimesters. During the third trimester, women who were obese prior to conception showed elevated evening cortisol versus normal weight women. This pattern was moderated by weight gain in excess of Institute of Medicine guidelines, such that women who were obese prior to conception and gained greater than 7.94kg by the 35±1 week visit displayed greatest elevations in evening cortisol. Given links between excessive prenatal glucocorticoid exposure and both poor maternal and offspring health outcomes, elevated maternal cortisol may be one mechanism underlying links between maternal obesity and adverse perinatal outcomes.
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