Associations between gestational exposure to neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and early childhood weight status
Main finding · Overweight/obesityResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 1.53 95% CI 1.09–2.15Authors' conclusion
This findings suggest that higher gestational exposure to NSD may play a role in early childhood weight status, which has important implications for later development and health.
Study context
- Population
- Offspring in the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST) cohort; height and weight at 6 months, 1 year, 2 years and 3 yearsweight at 6 months 1,023 · 1 year 1,268 · 2 years 1,033 · 3 years 1,038
- Exposure
- Highest vs lowest tertile of gestational neighbourhood deprivation index
- Outcome
- Overweight or obesity and rapid infant weight gain
Methodological detailsmultilevel logistic regression, adjusted for gestational parent age, race/ethnicity, marital status and educational attainment, stratified by race and ethnicity
- Multilevel logistic regression
- Adjusted for gestational parent age, race/ethnicity, marital status and educational attainment
- Stratified by race and ethnicity
Main finding
Overweight/obesity · 1 year
Odds ratio
1.53
95% CI 1.09–2.15
Highest NDI tertilevs Lowest NDI tertile
OR 1.53 (95% CI 1.09–2.15)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overweight/obesity, children of NH Black gestational parents (stratified model) · 1 year | 1.67 (1.00–2.77) | |
| 0.20.5125Odds ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Associations between gestational exposure to neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and early childhood weight status. Pediatr Obes. Published 25 November 2024. doi:10.
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