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Interactive effects of gestational diabetes and high pre-pregnancy body mass index on adverse growth patterns of
Weihan Cao1, Ninghua Li1, Rui Zhang1
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Aims:
To examine the independent and interactive effects of maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and high pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) on the risk of offspring adverse growth patterns.
Materials And Methods:
One thousand six hundred and eighty one mother-child pairs were followed for 8 years in Tianjin, China. Group-based trajectory modelling was used to identify offspring growth patterns. Logistic regression was performed to obtain odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of GDM and high pre-pregnancy BMI for offspring adverse growth patterns. Restricted cubic spline was used to identify cut-off points. Additive interactions and multiplicative interactions were used to test interactive effects between GDM and high pre-pregnancy BMI for adverse growth patterns.
Results:
Four distinct growth patterns were identified in offspring, including normal growth pattern, persistent lean growth pattern, late obesity growth pattern (LOGP), and persistent obesity growth pattern (POGP). Maternal high pre-pregnancy BMI was associated with LOGP and POGP (adjusted OR, 95% CI: 2.38, 1.74-3.25 & 4.92, 2.26-10.73). GDM greatly enhanced the adjusted OR of high pre-pregnancy BMI for LOGP up to 3.48 (95% CI: 2.25-5.38). Additive interactions and multiplicative interactions between both risk factors were significant for LOGP but not for POGP.
Conclusions:
Maternal high pre-pregnancy BMI was associated with increased risk of LOGP and POGP, whereas GDM greatly enhanced the risk of high pre-pregnancy BMI for LOGP.
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