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Relationships of maternal body mass index and plasma biomarkers with childhood body mass index and adiposity at 6 years: The Children of SCOPE study.

Kathryn V DalrympleJohn M D ThompsonShahina BegumKeith M GodfreyLucilla PostonPaul T SeedLesley M E McCowanClare Rosemary WallAndrew N ShellingRobyn NorthWayne S CutfieldEdwin A Mitchellnull null
Published in: Pediatric obesity (2019)
In this contemporary large prospective cohort study with extensive maternal/childhood phenotyping and a high prevalence of maternal overweight/obesity, we found independent relationships of maternal early pregnancy BMI with childhood BMI and adiposity; similar associations were observed with PlGF, which may imply a role for placenta function in the developmental programming of childhood obesity risk.
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