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dc.titleMaternal overweight but not paternal overweight before pregnancy is associated with shorter newborn telomere length: evidence from Guangxi Zhuang birth cohort in China
dc.contributor.authorWei, Bincai
dc.contributor.authorShao, Yantao
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Jun
dc.contributor.authorTang, Peng
dc.contributor.authorMo, Meile
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Bihu
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Huishen
dc.contributor.authorTan, Hui Juan Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Dongping
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Shun
dc.contributor.authorQiu, Xiaoqiang
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-13T00:54:25Z
dc.date.available2022-10-13T00:54:25Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-09
dc.identifier.citationWei, Bincai, Shao, Yantao, Liang, Jun, Tang, Peng, Mo, Meile, Liu, Bihu, Huang, Huishen, Tan, Hui Juan Jennifer, Huang, Dongping, Liu, Shun, Qiu, Xiaoqiang (2021-04-09). Maternal overweight but not paternal overweight before pregnancy is associated with shorter newborn telomere length: evidence from Guangxi Zhuang birth cohort in China. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 21 (1) : 283. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03757-x
dc.identifier.issn1471-2393
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/232655
dc.description.abstractBackground: Telomere length (TL) is variable at birth and is inversely associated with body mass index (BMI) in adulthood. A growing number of evidences suggested that a higher maternal pre-pregnancy BMI results in adverse offspring health outcomes, especially shorter newborn TL. However, a newborn’s genetic endowment is equally derived from both parents, the association between parental pre-pregnancy BMI and newborn TL has been rarely discussed. We aimed to determine the association between parental pre-pregnancy BMI and newborn TL. Methods: A total of 1082 parent-newborn pairs were recruited from the Guangxi Zhuang Birth Cohort (GZBC). TL in cord blood was measured using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and expressed as the ratio of telomere copy number to single-copy gene number (T/S). A series of linear regressions were performed to assess the associations between parental pre-pregnancy BMI and newborn TL. Results: Mothers who were overweight before pregnancy had significantly shorter cord blood telomere length in their newborns than those who were normal weight before pregnancy [percentage change: ? 7.96% (95% CI: ? 14.49 to ? 0.69%; P = 0.032)]. Further analysis of the combined effects of parental weight status on newborn TL showed that TL was significantly shortened among newborns whose mothers were overweight and fathers were of healthy weight when compared with those whose mothers and fathers were both of normal weight [percentage change: ? 8.38% (95% CI: ? 15.47 to ? 0.92%; P = 0.028)]. Subgroup analysis indicated these effects were more pronounced among male newborns and those whose paternal age < 31 years or maternal age ? 28 years at delivery. Conclusions: Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight, but not paternal pre-pregnancy overweight is associated with shorter newborn TL. Weight control in reproductive women and effective healthy weight management before pregnancy may be of particular benefit for improving longevity and life quality of offspring. © 2021, The Author(s).
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceScopus OA2021
dc.subjectCord blood
dc.subjectNewborns
dc.subjectParents
dc.subjectPre-pregnancy body mass index
dc.subjectTelomere length
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentDEPT OF MEDICINE
dc.description.doi10.1186/s12884-021-03757-x
dc.description.sourcetitleBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
dc.description.volume21
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.page283
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