ArticleScientific reports2020
Association of maternal central adiposity measured by ultrasound in early mid pregnancy with infant birth size.
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- Prenatal adipose tissue estimation using early second trimester anthropometry.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Visceral adipose tissue during pregnancy in women with overweight or obesity and offspring metabolic health.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Associations between maternal visceral fat in mid-pregnancy and subsequent gestational diabetes mellitus in a Chinese population: a cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Association between weight-adjusted waist circumference index and risk of cognitive decline in Chinese hypertensive patients: a case-control study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Combined maternal central adiposity measures in relation to infant birth size.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes and fetal growth restriction: an analysis of maternal and fetal body composition using magnetic resonance imaging.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Maternal Blood-Based Protein Biomarkers in Relation to Abdominal Fat Distribution Measured by Ultrasound in Early Mid-Pregnancy.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2022Article
- Physiological subtypes of gestational glucose intolerance and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2022Article
- Associations of ultrasound estimated early mid pregnancy visceral and subcutaneous fat depths and early pregnancy BMI with adverse neonatal outcomes.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
We sought to investigate whether early mid pregnancy visceral and subcutaneous fat depths measured by ultrasound were associated with infant birth size, independent of early pregnancy BMI. A cohort study was performed at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden, between 2015-2018. Visceral and subcutaneous fat depths were measured at the early second-trimester anomaly scan in 2498 women, giving birth to singleton, term infants. Primary outcomes were birthweight and LGA (birthweight standard deviation score > 90th percentile in the cohort). Linear and logistic regression models were used, adjusted for BMI, age, smoking, parity, maternal country of birth, gestational age and infant sex. A 5-mm increase in visceral fat depth was associated with an increase in birthweight of 8.3 g [95% confidence interval (CI) 2.5 - 14.1 g], after adjustments, and a 6% increase in the adjusted odds of having an infant born LGA (OR 1.06, CI 1.02-1.11). There was no association between subcutaneous fat depth and birthweight or LGA after covariate adjustments. Hence, visceral fat depth measured by ultrasound in early mid pregnancy was associated with excessive fetal growth, independent of early pregnancy BMI, and may be useful in models for predicting LGA infants.
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