The role of prenatal violence exposure in the development of disparities in children's adiposity from birth to middle childhood
Authors' conclusion
Maternal experiences of violence during pregnancy increase children's risk for developing overweight, highlighting intergenerational transmission of social adversity in children's health.
Study context
- Population
- Women who gave birth 2006–2011 and their children; maternal self-reported childhood traumatic events, intimate partner violence (IPV) and residential address (geocoded violent crime index) during pregnancy
- Participants
- 1,288 women
- Exposure
- Maternal violence exposure and children's BMI trajectories
- Outcome
- Children's BMI z score trajectories
- Follow-up
- Birth to 8 years
Methodological detailscovariate-adjusted growth mixture models
- Covariate-adjusted growth mixture models
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
BMI trajectory class membership
Odds ratio (95% CI)
High-Risingvs Low-Stableper more types of maternal IPV during pregnancy
2.62(1.27–5.41)
High-Risingvs Low-Stablehigher-crime neighbourhood in pregnancy
1.11(1.03–1.17)
- High-Rising vs Moderate-Stable · higher-crime neighbourhood in pregnancy
- OR 1.08 (95% CI 1.03–1.13)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The role of prenatal violence exposure in the development of disparities in children's adiposity from birth to middle childhood. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 2 July 2023. doi:10.
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