ArticleJournal of physical activity & health2020
Maternal Physical Activity and Neonatal Cord Blood Lipid Levels: Findings From a Prospective Pregnancy Cohort.
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- Association between maternal personality traits and fetal atherogenic indices: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- The Effect of a Supervised Exercise Program Throughout Pregnancy on Longitudinal Lipid Profile Changes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.) · 2026Article
- Effects of exercise during pregnancy on maternal and newborn outcomes.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Review
- Maternal and Cord Blood Lipids in Pregnant Women With Obesity and Their Impact on Neonatal and Placental Biometric Features.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Associations Between Physical Activity in Pregnancy and Maternal, Perinatal, and Neonatal Parameters: A Single-Center Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Physically active pregnancies: Insights from the placenta.Physiological reports · 2024Review
- Physical activity and sedentary time across pregnancy and associations with neonatal weight, adiposity and cord blood parameters: a secondary analysis of the DALI study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Article
- Effect of pregnancy on female gait characteristics: a pilot study based on portable gait analyzer and induced acceleration analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Developing a Physical Activity Intervention Strategy for Pregnant Women in Buffalo City Municipality, South Africa: A Study Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical activity performed while pregnant is beneficially associated with maternal cardiovascular health. It is unknown if benefits extend to neonatal cardiovascular health. This study investigated associations of maternal physical activity with neonatal cord blood lipid and lipoprotein concentrations.
methodsCord blood lipids were measured at birth in a pseudorandomly selected subgroup of Born in Bradford birth cohort participants (N = 1634). Pregnant women were grouped into 4 activity categories (inactive/somewhat active/moderately active/active) based on their self-reported physical activity at 26- to 28-weeks gestation. Regression was used to calculate adjusted mean differences in neonatal cord blood lipid concentrations among the 4 groups of physical activity.
resultsMaternal physical activity was associated with higher neonatal cord blood high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Cord blood high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was higher in neonates of women who were somewhat and moderately active compared with neonates of women who were inactive. There were no associations of pregnancy physical activity with triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or adiponectin levels.
conclusionsMaternal physical activity is favorably associated with neonatal cord blood high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. This novel beneficial finding highlights the potential for physical activity in pregnancy to aid the early prevention of cardiovascular disease.
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