TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Pregnancy and Child Growth from Birth to Age 6
AU - Arogbokun, Olufunmilayo
AU - Rosen, Emma
AU - Keil, Alexander P.
AU - Milne, Ginger L.
AU - Barrett, Emily
AU - Nguyen, Ruby
AU - Bush, Nicole R.
AU - Swan, Shanna H.
AU - Sathyanarayana, Sheela
AU - Ferguson, Kelly K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society 2021.
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - Context: Maternal oxidative stress in pregnancy can arise through a multitude of sources and may have lifelong consequences for the child. Animal studies suggest that prenatal oxidative stress may contribute to metabolic dysfunction and excessive weight gain in the offspring. However, this relationship has been studied minimally in humans. Objective: Determine the association between prenatal oxidative stress biomarkers and child weight and body mass index (BMI) z-scores from birth to age 6. Methods: Within The Infant Development and the Environment Study (TIDES) prospective pregnancy cohort, we calculated age-and sex-specific Z-scores for child weight and BMI, measured between birth and age 6 (N = 736). Three oxidative stress biomarkers were quantified in third-Trimester urine, including 8-iso-prostaglandin F2? (8-iso-PGF2?), its primary metabolite, and prostaglandin F2? (PGF2?). We examined associations between each biomarker and Z-scores using linear regression as well as group-based trajectory modeling. Results: Prenatal 8-iso-PGF2? and its metabolite were associated with lower birth weight and higher weight at age 4. For example, an ln-unit increase in 8-iso-PGF2? was associated with 0.17 SD higher weight at age 4 (95% CI 0.01, 0.33). These biomarkers were also associated with higher BMI at age 4. Finally, within 4 unique weight trajectories (low, normal, high, and low-high), children of mothers with higher 8-iso-PGF2? were 2.56 times more likely (95% CI 1.22, 5.41) to be in the low-high trajectory than children in the normal group. Conclusion: We observed associations between third-Trimester oxidative stress and lower birth weight as well as higher early childhood weight and BMI. These findings have important implications for understanding the developmental origins of childhood weight gain and metabolic disease.
AB - Context: Maternal oxidative stress in pregnancy can arise through a multitude of sources and may have lifelong consequences for the child. Animal studies suggest that prenatal oxidative stress may contribute to metabolic dysfunction and excessive weight gain in the offspring. However, this relationship has been studied minimally in humans. Objective: Determine the association between prenatal oxidative stress biomarkers and child weight and body mass index (BMI) z-scores from birth to age 6. Methods: Within The Infant Development and the Environment Study (TIDES) prospective pregnancy cohort, we calculated age-and sex-specific Z-scores for child weight and BMI, measured between birth and age 6 (N = 736). Three oxidative stress biomarkers were quantified in third-Trimester urine, including 8-iso-prostaglandin F2? (8-iso-PGF2?), its primary metabolite, and prostaglandin F2? (PGF2?). We examined associations between each biomarker and Z-scores using linear regression as well as group-based trajectory modeling. Results: Prenatal 8-iso-PGF2? and its metabolite were associated with lower birth weight and higher weight at age 4. For example, an ln-unit increase in 8-iso-PGF2? was associated with 0.17 SD higher weight at age 4 (95% CI 0.01, 0.33). These biomarkers were also associated with higher BMI at age 4. Finally, within 4 unique weight trajectories (low, normal, high, and low-high), children of mothers with higher 8-iso-PGF2? were 2.56 times more likely (95% CI 1.22, 5.41) to be in the low-high trajectory than children in the normal group. Conclusion: We observed associations between third-Trimester oxidative stress and lower birth weight as well as higher early childhood weight and BMI. These findings have important implications for understanding the developmental origins of childhood weight gain and metabolic disease.
KW - childhood
KW - developmental origins of health and disease
KW - oxidative stress
KW - pregnancy
KW - trajectory
KW - weight
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U2 - 10.1210/clinem/dgab018
DO - 10.1210/clinem/dgab018
M3 - Article
C2 - 33524128
AN - SCOPUS:85105761260
SN - 0021-972X
VL - 106
SP - 1427
EP - 1436
JO - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
JF - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
IS - 5
ER -