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Maternal pre-pregnancy weight and twins' temperament.
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Journal of developmental origins of health and disease [J Dev Orig Health Dis] 2019 Oct; Vol. 10 (5), pp. 522-528. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 May 20. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Maternal pre-pregnancy weight has been related with young singletons' cognitive and behavioral development, but it is not clear if it has an effect on temperament. We used a twin cohort to evaluate the association between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and infants' temperament. The mothers of 834 twins answered questions regarding their pre-pregnancy BMI and their 0- to 18-month-old children's temperament using the Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire. Three temperamental dimensions were examined: activity level, distress to limitation and duration of orienting. The relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and each temperamental component was investigated by means of multilevel mixed-effects linear regression analysis. We found no clear evidence of an association of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI with twins' temperament. The development of temperament is influenced by a large number of factors, probably different from those influencing children's emotional and behavioral development.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2040-1752
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of developmental origins of health and disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31104637
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174418001101