Article
Pediatrics
Mengting Sun, Senmao Zhang, Letao Chen, Yihuan Li, Jingyi Diao, Jinqi Li, Jianhui Wei, Xinli Song, Yiping Liu, Jing Shu, Tingting Wang, Ping Zhu, Jiabi Qin
Summary: Paternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity are associated with an increased risk of preterm birth and low birth weight in their offspring.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jonathan A. Mayo, David K. Stevenson, Gary M. Shaw
Summary: This study observed that mothers with high prepregnancy BMIs were more likely to experience spontaneous preterm birth across all race/ethnicities.
ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Yifang Zhu, Jiani Zhang, Qiaoyu Li, Min Lin
Summary: This study found an association between gestational weight gain and preterm and post-term birth. Low gestational weight gain was associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, while high gestational weight gain was associated with a decreased risk of post-term birth. Managing gestational weight gain may be an important strategy to reduce the number of preterm and post-term births.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Dorthe C. Pedersen, Lise G. Bjerregaard, Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Ellen A. Nohr, Jennifer L. Baker
Summary: This study found that maternal birth weight, childhood height, and BMI are associated with risks of preterm delivery. Childhood BMI has a U-shaped association, and short stature in childhood and adulthood is associated with higher risks of preterm delivery. Normalizing BMI from childhood to pregnancy may reduce the risk of very preterm delivery.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Mingze Du, Junwei Zhang, Xiaona Yu, Yichun Guan
Summary: There was no significant difference in preterm birth rate among PCOS patients with a BMI <24 kg/m(2) in different AMH level groups. However, for PCOS patients with a BMI >= 24 kg/m(2), an AMH level >6.45 ng/ml was significantly associated with a higher risk of preterm birth, indicating it as an independent risk factor.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jiaying Lin, Haiyan Guo, Bian Wang, Qianqian Zhu
Summary: Overweight was positively associated with large for gestational age (LGA) and preterm birth, while underweight was inversely associated with LGA and preterm birth for younger mothers. These findings are important for providing preconceptional counseling to specifically targeted women at high risk of LGA and preterm birth.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jialing Qiu, Zhijiang Liang, Jing Yi, Lulu Xie, Qianqian Xiang, Xianqiong Luo, Qingguo Zhao
Summary: This population-based retrospective cohort study conducted in Guangdong, China, found that extreme temperature exposure is associated with preterm birth (PTB), especially among women with different pre-pregnancy BMI statuses. Both low and high temperature exposure increased the risk of PTB in the third trimester, while cold exposure mitigated the risk in the first and second trimesters. Pre-pregnancy BMI status also affected the susceptibility of pregnant women.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed, Poh Ying Lim, See Ling Loy, Kah Haw Chang, Ahmad Fahmi Lim Abdullah
Summary: This study found that an increase in maternal weight after 32 weeks of gestation can reduce the risk of low birth weight and premature babies, suggesting maternal weight monitoring every 4 weeks to minimize the chance of having a low birth weight and preterm baby.
JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elizabeth A. Jasper, Hyunkeun Cho, Patrick J. Breheny, Wei Bao, John M. Dagle, Kelli K. Ryckman
Summary: The study found that factors influencing growth in full-term infants also affect preterm infants, but the strength of association and magnitude of the effect vary by gestational age, showing significant heterogeneity in growth and its determinants within the preterm population.
Article
Pediatrics
Laura Li Ching Ng, Sharina Patel, Hugues Plourde, Marie-Eve Besner, Anie Lapointe, Victoria Bizgu, Guilherme Sant'Anna, Marc Beltempo
Summary: An increase in BMI z score from birth to 36 weeks gestation is associated with higher odds of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) among preterm infants. Despite similar caloric intake, infants with BPD have a higher weight-for-age but lower length-for-age, resulting in a higher BMI score compared to BPD-free infants.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sian Sweetland, Sarah Floud, Kezia Gaitskell, Gillian K. Reeves, Valerie Beral, Lucy Carpenter, Carol Dezateux (chair), Sarah Floud, Jane Green, Julietta Patnick, Richard Peto, Gillian Reeves, Cathie Sudlow, Simon Abbott, Rupert Alison, Sarah Atkinson, Krys Baker, Angela Balkwill, Isobel Barnes, Judith Black, Roger Blanks, Anna Brown, Andrew Chadwick, Dave Ewart, Sarah Floud, Kezia Gaitskell, Toral Gathani, Laura Gerrard, Adrian Goodill, Carol Hermon, Darren Hogg, Alison Hudak, Isobel Lingard, Sau Wan Kan, Nicky Langston, Keren Pepier, Kirstin Pirie, Gillian Reeves, Keith Shaw, Emma Sherman, Karl Smith-Byrne, Helena Strange, Sian Sweetland, Ruth Travis, Lyndsey Trickett, Clare Wotton, Owen Yang, Heather Young
Summary: In a large prospective cohort of women in the UK, greater BMI was found to be associated with an increased risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma and a reduced risk of squamous cell carcinoma. However, there was little evidence regarding the association of abdominal adiposity with either subtype. The findings suggest that BMI may play a significant role in the development of different types of oesophageal cancer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Rui Gao, Buyun Liu, Wenhan Yang, Yuxiao Wu, Linda G. Snetselaar, Mark K. Santillan, Wei Bao
Summary: Among Asian American mothers, maternal prepregnancy overweight or obesity based on Asian-specific BMI cutoffs is significantly associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, with the risk increasing with higher levels of obesity.
JOURNAL OF DIABETES
(2021)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Gemma Fabozzi, Danilo Cimadomo, Mariachiara Allori, Alberto Vaiarelli, Silvia Colamaria, Cindy Argento, Maria Giulia Amendola, Federica Innocenti, Daria Soscia, Roberta Maggiulli, Rossella Mazzilli, Nicole Ubaldi, Benedetta Iussig, Marco Marchetti, Laura Rienzi, Filippo Maria Ubaldi
Summary: This study found that maternal BMI has a moderate impact on blastocyst euploidy rate and live birth rate. Clinical outcomes were similar between underweight and normal weight women, while overweight women showed higher miscarriage rate and lower live birth rate.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE
(2021)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
David A. Gorelick
Summary: This comprehensive review of human adipose tissue fails to mention the role of the endocannabinoid system in fat metabolism. The endogenous cannabinoids and their receptors, found in both white and brown fat, have been recognized as key players in adipose tissue metabolism. Rimonabant, an inverse agonist of cannabinoid receptor type 1, has shown promising effects as a therapeutic target for obesity, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance, although its clinical use was discontinued due to neuropsychiatric side effects.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Veronika Guenther, Ibrahim Alkatout, Christoph Vollmer, Nicolai Maass, Alexander Strauss, Manfred Voigt
Summary: The study analyzed 110,047 singleton pregnancies to investigate the interaction of maternal BMI and smoking on perinatal outcomes and birth weight. Smoking during pregnancy was significantly associated with low birth weight, highlighting the importance of advising pregnant women to quit smoking to improve newborn birth weight and reduce morbidity.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2021)