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ArticleMaternal and child health journal2022

Cesarean Delivery and Risk of Excess Weight Among Brazilian Preschool Children.

Amanda Forster Lopes, Thais Costa Machado, Viviane Gabriela Nascimento, Ciro João Bertoli, Claudio Leone

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Amanda Forster LopesHealth and Biotechnology Institute, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. amanda.flopes@yahoo.com.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-4013
Thais Costa MachadoDepartment of Health, Life Cycles and Society of the Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Viviane Gabriela NascimentoDepartment of Health, Life Cycles and Society of the Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paul, Brazil.
Ciro João BertoliDepartment of Medicine, University of Taubaté, Taubaté, Brazil.
Claudio LeoneDepartment of Health, Life Cycles and Society-FSP-USP, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715, São Paulo, SP, CEP 01246-904, Brazil.

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) 2012/24064-5
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objectiveTo study the relationship between cesarean Delivery (CD) and overweight in preschool children, considering the presence of birth aspects and demographic characteristics that have been associated with the risk of excess weight.

methodsThis retrospective cross-sectional analysis used representative data of children from 2 to 6 years of age at municipal daycare centers in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. The sample included 752 preschoolers. Weight and height were collected in daycare centers, and the nutritional status classification was performed using z scores of Body Mass Index (zBMI). Data analysis was performed in the bivariate and multivariate manner, the latter with the inclusion of another possible risk factor. Adjustments were made for daycare centers time, sex, birth length and weight and maternal schooling.

resultsThe mean age of preschool children was 4.7 years, and 53.8% were boys. The prevalence of overweight children was 21.7%. The median zBMI of the children born by CD was higher than that of vaginal Delivery (p = 0.0194). The prevalence of overweight showed association with CD (p = 0.0196; PR = 1.397 with 95% CI of 1065-1831). Logistic binary multivariate regression analysis confirmed the association, even in the presence of other possible risk factors (CR: 1.580, 95% CI: 1.072-2.330). CONCLUSION FOR PRACTICE: Birth by CD is one of the factors that are associated with the early development of overweight in preschoolers.

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OverweightWeight GainBody Mass IndexBrazilChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePregnancyPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsCesarean deliveryObesityOverweightPreschoolVaginal delivery

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