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Gestational weight gain and offspring’s cognitive skills: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Source :
- BMC Pediatrics
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Gestational weight gain has been associated with some adverse perinatal outcomes, but few studies have examined the association between gestational weight gain and offspring’s cognition and their conclusions are inconsistent. Our systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesize the evidence regarding the association between gestational weight gain and offspring’s cognitive skills. Methods In this systematic review and meta-analysis (PROSPERO number, CRD42017073266), we systematically searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library for studies examining association between gestational weight gain and offspring’s cognitive skills, without restriction in study design or language. Two reviewers extracted in an independent way the data. The Quality of Reporting of Observational Longitudinal Research scale was used to assess the quality of included studies. Effect size (ES) for adjusted models and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals were calculated for (i) intelligence quotient, (ii) language related skills and (iii) mathematic related skills comparing offspring’s cognitive skills when gestational weight gain was within recommendations (as reference) with those from mothers whose gestational weight gain was above or below the recommendations. Results Thirteen studies were included. There was a positive trend that associated gestational weight gain above recommendations with better offspring’s intelligence quotient, although not statistically significant (ES 0.02, 95% CI -0.00, 0.05; I2 = 0.00%). Conclusions There is a not significant positive association between gestational weight gain above recommendations and intelligence quotient and some studies reported associations between gestational weight gain and offspring’s cognitive skills. Our analyses confirm a wide variability in the results of studies published so far and highlights the need for conducting studies including specific samples of pregnant women by pre-pregnancy body mass index and trimester of pregnancy.
- Subjects :
- Offspring
Mothers
Cochrane Library
Body Mass Index
03 medical and health sciences
Cognition
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Children
Weight gain
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Intelligence quotient
business.industry
medicine.disease
Gestational Weight Gain
Meta-analysis
Gestational
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Observational study
Pregnancy Trimesters
medicine.symptom
business
Body mass index
Research Article
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14712431
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e48788cedcd432e5fcffa3467246509f