Trial reportThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2018
Cord Metabolic Profiles in Obese Pregnant Women: Insights Into Offspring Growth and Body Composition.
Trial report in The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intergenerational associations between maternal body mass index before or during pregnancy with offspring metabolomics: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of methods used in the management of maternal obesity on pregnancy and birth outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- IGF-1 and IGF-2 as Molecules Linked to Causes and Consequences of Obesity from Fetal Life to Adulthood: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
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- Untargeted Lipidomics Analysis of Prenatal Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure and Small-for-Gestational Age (SGA) Delivery: An Exploratory Study in the Atlanta African American Maternal-Child Cohort, 2014-2020.Environmental health perspectives · 2026Article
- Metabolites co-correlating with maternal obesity and gestational weight gain and offspring childhood obesity: a prospective birth cohort study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
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- An encyclopedia of the cord blood metabolome reveals maternal-fetal interactions and disease risk.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- First 1000 Days Strategies to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Narrative Review and Recommendations From the EndObesity Consortium.Pediatric obesity · 2026Review
- Metabolomics reveals LysoPC a C17:0 (LPC 17:0) as candidate biomarker for personalized medicine in morbid obesity.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Comparative metabolomic profiling reveals distinct metabolic signatures in amniotic fluid and umbilical cord blood between advanced and young maternal age pregnancies.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Alterations in newborn metabolite patterns with preterm birth and diabetes in pregnancy.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Dysregulated maternal and newborn fatty acid, sugar and amino acid metabolism associated with high birth weight.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Early Prediction of Fetal Macrosomia Through Maternal Lipid Profiles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Untargeted Lipidomic Profiling of Amniotic Fluid Reveals Dysregulated Lipid Metabolism in Healthy Normal-Weight Mothers with Fetal Macrosomia.Nutrients · 2024Article
- IGF-1 infusion increases growth in fetal sheep when euinsulinemia is maintained.The Journal of endocrinology · 2024Article
- The influence of maternal diet on offspring's gut microbiota in early life.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Review
- Lipid profile of circulating placental extracellular vesicles during pregnancy identifies foetal growth restriction risk.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2024Article
- Umbilical Cord Plasma Lysophospholipids and Triacylglycerols Associated with Birthweight Percentiles.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Metabolomics to Understand Alterations Induced by Physical Activity during Pregnancy.Metabolites · 2023Review
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Abstract
Context: Offspring exposed in utero to maternal obesity have an increased risk of later obesity; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Objective: To assess the effect of an antenatal lifestyle intervention in obese women on the offspring's cord blood metabolic profile and to examine associations of the cord blood metabolic profile with maternal clinical characteristics and offspring anthropometry at birth and age 6 months. Design: Randomized controlled trial and cohort study. Setting: The UK Pregnancies Better Eating and Activity Trial. Participants: Three hundred forty-four mother-offspring pairs. Intervention: Antenatal behavioral lifestyle (diet and physical activity) intervention. Main Outcome Measures: Targeted cord blood metabolic profile, including candidate hormone and metabolomic analyses. Results: The lifestyle intervention was not associated with change in the cord blood metabolic profile. Higher maternal glycemia, specifically fasting glucose at 28 weeks gestation, had a linear association with higher cord blood concentrations of lysophosphatidylcholines (LPCs) 16.1 (β = 0.65; 95% confidence interval: 0.03 to 0.10) and 18.1 (0.52; 0.02 to 0.80), independent of the lifestyle intervention. A principal component of cord blood phosphatidylcholines and LPCs was associated with infant z scores of birth weight (0.04; 0.02 to 0.07) and weight at age 6 months (0.05; 0.00 to 0.10). Cord blood insulin growth factor (IGF)-1 and adiponectin concentrations were positively associated with infant weight z score at birth and at 6 months. Conclusions: Concentrations of LPCs and IGF-1 in cord blood are related to infant weight. These findings support the hypothesis that susceptibility to childhood obesity may be programmed in utero, but further investigation is required to establish whether these associations are causally related.
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