Birth weight and body fat mass in adults assessed by bioimpedance in the Elsa-Brasil study

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ID5168749
AutoresCarolina Breda Resende (0000-0003-0852-9454, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Vivian C Luft (0000-0003-2371-9264, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Hospital das Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brasil), Bruce B Duncan (0000-0002-7491-2630, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Rosane Harter Griep (0000-0002-6250-2036, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Maria Del Carmen B Molina (0000-0002-8614-988X, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Sandhi Maria Barreto (0000-0001-7383-7811, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Maria Ines Schmidt (0000-0002-3837-0731, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Año2021
Volumen37
Número2
Páginase00061619-e00061619
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00061619
PMID33729303
OpenAlexW3136064365
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2021000205011
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas43

Intrauterine life is a critical period for the development of body fat and metabolic risk. This study investigated associations between birth weight and total and truncal body fat in adults. To do so, we analyzed data on 10,011 adults participating in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) who self-reported birth weight as 4.0kg at baseline (2008-2010) and underwent bioimpedance in the next follow-up visit (2012-2014). Greater mean total and truncal fat mass were seen in those with high birth weight compared with adequate birth weight (p 85 percentile) total and truncal fat mass, respectively: OR = 1.76, 95%CI: 1.37-2.25 (men) and OR = 1.86, 95%CI: 1.42-2.44 (women); OR = 1.68, 95% CI: 1.31-2.16 (men) and OR = 1.73, 95%CI: 1.31-2.28 (women). However, low birth weight predicted having a large (> 85 percentile) % truncal fat only in women (OR = 1.40, 95%CI: 1.03-1.91). In conclusion, in these men and women born in a period in which fetal malnutrition was prevalent, birth weight showed complex, frequently non-linear associations with adult body fat, highlighting the need for interventions to prevent low and high birth weight during pregnancy

Biology · Birth weight · Body weight · Fat mass · Obesity · Obstetrics · Percentile · Pregnancy · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet