Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 389-396

  Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a,b,c,d   Ajslev, Teresa Adeltoft ^a   Ängquist, Lars ^a   Morgen, Camilla Schmidt ^a   Ciuchi, Ioana Gabriela ^a   Smith, George Davey ^d  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b Center for Basic Metabolic Research   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child anthropometry; Childhood overweight; Intergenerational relations; Intrauterine environment; Maternal effects; Parental BMI; Parental overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL OBESITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL SMOKING; PARITY; PATERNAL OBESITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FATHER; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84980378582     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.129171     Document Type: Article

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