2023
Association of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference With Imaging Metrics of Brain Integrity and Functional Connectivity in Children Aged 9 to 10 Years in the US, 2016-2018
Kaltenhauser S, Weber C, Lin H, Mozayan A, Malhotra A, Constable R, Acosta J, Falcone G, Taylor S, Ment L, Sheth K, Payabvash S. Association of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference With Imaging Metrics of Brain Integrity and Functional Connectivity in Children Aged 9 to 10 Years in the US, 2016-2018. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2314193. PMID: 37200030, PMCID: PMC10196880, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.14193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHigher body mass indexWaist circumferenceBMI z-scoreCross-sectional studyBrain healthCross-sectional analysisFunctional connectivityMass indexMean ageInterval developmentCorpus callosumAssociation of BMIHigher baseline body mass indexBaseline cross-sectional analysisBaseline body mass indexBrain integrityResting-state functional connectivityLongitudinal analysisFuture treatment trialsABCD studyLower microstructural integrityCognitive Development StudyAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyCardiovascular implications
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