Maternal prepregnancy body mass index and offspring white matter microstructure: results from three birth cohorts.

Prepregnancy maternal obesity is a global health problem and has been associated with offspring metabolic and mental ill-health. However, there is a knowledge gap in understanding potential neurobiological factors related to these associations. This study explored the relation between maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and offspring brain white matter microstructure at the age of 6, 10, and 26 years in three independent cohorts. The study used data from three European birth cohorts (n = 116 children aged 6 years, n = 2466 children aged 10 years, and n = 437 young adults aged 26 years)... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Verdejo-Román, Juan
Björnholm, Lassi
Muetzel, Ryan L
Torres-Espínola, Francisco José
Lieslehto, Johannes
Jaddoe, Vincent
Campos, Daniel
Veijola, Juha
White, Tonya
Catena, Andrés
Nikkinen, Juha
Kiviniemi, Vesa
Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta
Tiemeier, Henning
Campoy, Cristina
Sebert, Sylvain
El Marroun, Hanan
Dokumenttyp: research article
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Schlagwörter: Adult / Body Mass Index / Child / Cohort Studies / Female / Finland / Humans / Male / Mothers / Netherlands / Obesity / Pregnancy / Pregnancy Complications / Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Spain / White Matter
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29185540
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13283

Prepregnancy maternal obesity is a global health problem and has been associated with offspring metabolic and mental ill-health. However, there is a knowledge gap in understanding potential neurobiological factors related to these associations. This study explored the relation between maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and offspring brain white matter microstructure at the age of 6, 10, and 26 years in three independent cohorts. The study used data from three European birth cohorts (n = 116 children aged 6 years, n = 2466 children aged 10 years, and n = 437 young adults aged 26 years). Information on maternal prepregnancy BMI was obtained before or during pregnancy and offspring brain white matter microstructure was measured at age 6, 10, or 26 years. We used magnetic resonance imaging-derived fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) as measures of white matter microstructure in the brainstem, callosal, limbic, association, and projection tracts. Linear regressions were fitted to examine the association of maternal BMI and offspring white matter microstructure, adjusting for several socioeconomic and lifestyle-related confounders, including education, smoking, and alcohol use. Maternal BMI was associated with higher FA and lower MD in multiple brain tracts, for example, association and projection fibers, in offspring aged 10 and 26 years, but not at 6 years. In each cohort maternal BMI was related to different white matter tract and thus no common associations across the cohorts were found. Maternal BMI was associated with higher FA and lower MD in multiple brain tracts in offspring aged 10 and 26 years, but not at 6 years of age. Future studies should examine whether our observations can be replicated and explore the potential causal nature of the findings.