Newborn Adiposity by Body Mass Index Predicts Childhood Overweight

作者：Winter Jonathan David^*; Langenberg Patricia; Krugman Scott D

来源：Clinical Pediatrics, 2010, 49(9): 866-870.

DOI：10.1177/0009922810369698

• adiposity
• newborn
• overweight
• fatness
• obesity
• childhood
• predictors
• large-for-gestational-age (LGA)

Objective: To evaluate the association between adiposity at birth and in infancy with overweight at age 5 years. This study hypothesizes that adiposity at birth as approximated by body mass index (BMI) predicts childhood fatness. Methods: Anthropomorphic data from birth to 5 years were used to calculate BMI percentiles. Multiple logistic regression assessed the association between BMI percentile >= 85% at 2 weeks and BMI percentile >= 85% at 6, 12, 36, and 60 months. Results: Elevated BMI at age 2 weeks >= 85th percentile was associated with significant increases in risk of overweight at 6, 12, 36, and 60 months of age. Infants with a BMI at age 2 weeks >= 85th percentile had an adjusted odds ratio of 3.42 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.79, 6.50) and an adjusted risk ratio of 2.12 (95% CI = 1.71, 2.61) of being overweight at 60 months of age. Conclusions: Adiposity at birth as approximated by BMI is a significant predictor of overweight at 5 years.

• 出版日期2010-9