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Association between caesarean section delivery and obesity in childhood: a longitudinal cohort study in Ireland.
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- Effect of Elective Cesarean Section on Children's Obesity From Birth to Adolescence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
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- Pre-labor and post-labor cesarean delivery and early childhood adiposity in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Cohort Study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Article
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- Caesarean section and childhood obesity at age 3 years derived from the Japan Environment and Children's Study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Caesarean Section Delivery Is Associated with Childhood Overweight and Obesity, Low Childbirth Weight and Postnatal Complications: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Association of infant weight at one year of age with the mode of delivery: A case-control study in Primary Health Care Centers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Crucial nuances in understanding (mis)associations between the neonatal microbiome and Cesarean delivery.Trends in molecular medicine · 2022Review
- Association of Cesarean Delivery with Trajectories of Growth and Body Composition in Preschool Children.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Maternal and early life exposures and their potential to influence development of the microbiome.Genome medicine · 2022Review
- Relationship between Obstetric Mode of Delivery and Risk of Overweight/Obesity in 1- to 4-Year-Old Children.Obesity facts · 2022Article
- Relationship between caesarean section delivery and risk of overweight/obesity among children aged 6-23 months in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana.Journal of nutritional science · 2022Article
- The association of cesarean section with overweight and neurodevelopment of Chinese children aged 1-5 months.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Sex-specific association between elective cesarean section and growth trajectories in preschool children: A prospective birth cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Caesarean delivery is associated with increased blood pressure in young adult offspring.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The impact of cesarean delivery on infant DNA methylation.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Observational
- Birth signalling hormones and the developmental consequences of caesarean delivery.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2021Review
- Association of Cesarean Birth with Body Mass Index Trajectories in Adolescence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Mode of delivery and pondering potential sources of the neonatal microbiome.EBioMedicine · 2020Article
- Elective and nonelective cesarean section and obesity among young adult male offspring: A Swedish population-based cohort study.PLoS medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the association between caesarean section (CS) birth and body fat percentage (BF%), body mass index (BMI) and being overweight or obese in early childhood.
designProspective longitudinal cohort study.
settingBabies After Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints: Evaluating the Longitudinal Impact on Neurological and Nutritional Endpoints cohort.
participantsInfants born to mothers recruited from the Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints study, Cork University Maternity Hospital between November 2007 and February 2011. OUTCOME MEASURE: Overweight or obese defined according to the International Obesity Task Force criteria.
resultsOf the 1305 infants, 362 (27.8%) were delivered by CS. On regression analysis, BF% at 2 months did not differ significantly by delivery mode. Infants born by CS had a higher mean BMI at 6 months compared with those born vaginally (adjusted mean difference=0.24; 95% CI 0.06 to 0.41, p value=0.009). At 2 years, no difference was seen across the exposure groups in the risk of being overweight or obese. At 5 years, the association between prelabour CS and the risk of overweight or obesity was not statistically significant (adjusted relative risk ratio, aRRR=1.37; 95% CI 0.69 to 2.69) and the association remained statistically nonsignificant when children who were macrosomic at birth were excluded from the model (aRRR=0.86; 95% CI 0.36 to 2.08).
conclusionAt 6 months of age, children born by CS had a significantly higher BMI but this did not persist into future childhood. There was no evidence to support an association between mode of delivery and long-term risk of obesity in the child.
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