Research Article
Maternal Behaviors during Pregnancy Impact Offspring Obesity Risk
Table 2
Significant, unadjusted correlations between prenatal variables and WFA z-scores in offspring of overweight/obese mothers.
| Maternal variables | Offspring WFA z | Offspring WFA z-scores | | scores at birth | at 6 months |
| Early in pregnancy | | | % kcal from protein | ns | −0.31, P = 0.001 | % kcal sweets | 0.19, P = 0.01 | 0.36, P = 0.0001 | Dietary restraint | ns | −0.22, P = 0.02 | Disinhibition | 0.17, P = 0.03 | ns | Perceived stress | 0.18, P = 0.02 | 0.18, P = 0.05 | Fast food consumption | ns | 0.21, P = 0.03 | During pregnancy | | | Increases in dietary restraint | −0.17, P = 0.004 | ns | Increases in stress | ns | −0.21, P = 0.03 | Increases in % kcal from carbohydrates | 0.18, P = 0.03 | ns | Increases in % kcal from fat | −0.22, P = .007 | ns | Increases in % kcal from protein | ns | 0.23, P = .01 |
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Ns: non-significant, P ≥ .05; WFA: weight for age.
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