2020
Mediation of the association between maternal pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and childhood overweight/obesity by birth anthropometry
Stevens DR, Neelon B, Roberts JR, Taylor SN, Newman RB, Vena JE, Hunt KJ. Mediation of the association between maternal pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and childhood overweight/obesity by birth anthropometry. Journal Of Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease 2020, 12: 71-78. PMID: 32077839, PMCID: PMC7438242, DOI: 10.1017/s2040174420000033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOffspring overweight/obesityOverweight/obesityMaternal pre-pregnancy overweight/obesityPre-pregnancy overweight/obesityChildhood overweight/obesityBirth anthropometryOffspring anthropometryUtero exposureMaternal body mass index (BMI) categoryMaternal overweight/obesityBody mass index categoriesNatural direct effectNatural indirect effectGestational diabetesHypertensive disordersRetrospective cohortObesityIndex categoriesMother-child dyadsDevelopmental programmingBiologic pathwaysHospital systemAnthropometryAssociationBirth
2019
Breastfeeding Initiation as Related to the Interaction of Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Diabetes
Stevens DR, Taylor SN, Roberts JR, Neelon B, Newman RB, Vena JE, Hunt KJ. Breastfeeding Initiation as Related to the Interaction of Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Diabetes. Breastfeeding Medicine 2019, 14: 630-639. PMID: 31364862, PMCID: PMC6857546, DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2019.0065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexPrepregnancy body mass indexRace/ethnicityFull-term birthNon-Hispanic black mothersDiabetes statusMaternal diabetesOdds ratioMaternal prepregnancy body mass indexMaternal diabetes statusMaternal metabolic disordersPopulation-based studyConfidence intervalsBlack mothersGestational diabetesBirth outcomesMass indexClinical variablesNegative health effectsBreastfeeding interventionsStudy populationAdditional adjustmentMetabolic disordersDiabetesHealth effects