Nan Li, Tao Zhang, Y. Qiao, Enqing Liu, Ying Liang, Yue Wang, Hongyan Liu, R. Zheng
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Abstract
Objective
To investigate whether rapid weight gain in the first year of life was associated with incidence of overweight and higher blood pressure in small for gestational age (SGA) and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants at preschool age.
Methods
From March 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, a total of 12 150 children aged six years from 50 municipal kindergartens in Tianjin were enrolled in a cross-sectional survey. Their body weight, height and blood pressure were measured. Body length and weight at birth and one year of age were retrospectively collected. Rapid catch-up growth was defined as the difference of weight-for-height Z-score between one year old and at birth >0.67. The relationship between rapid growth with overweight and blood pressure in SGA and AGA infants at preschool age were analyzed using t test, analysis of variance and Chi-square test.
Results
At the age of six, children with rapid growth had a higher rate of overweight [28.6% (2 095/7 328) vs 17.5% (842/4 822), t=196.457, P<0.001], and higher systolic blood pressure [(99.4±10.0) vs (98.4±10.1) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), t=29.260, P<0.001] and diastolic blood pressure [(60.0±7.7) vs (59.4±7.8) mmHg, t=16.079, P<0.001] compared with children without rapid growth. SGA children with rapid growth had higher body weight [(21.5±4.4) vs (19.2±3.7) kg, t=3.747, P<0.001], height [(117.4±5.5) vs (114.8±5.4) cm, t=3.557, P<0.001] and systolic blood pressure [(98.4±9.9) vs (95.6±11.2) mmHg, t=2.080, P=0.038] compared with those without. Comparing to AGA children, SGA children had lower overweight rate [17.5% (144/824) vs 24.7% (2 793/11 326), t=21.630, P<0.001] and systolic blood pressure [(98.2±10.0) vs (99.0±10.1) mmHg, t=2.431, P=0.015]. Among the AGA children with rapid growth, 29.8% (1 958/6 564) were overweight.
Conclusions
Rapid growth in infancy is associated with overweight and higher systolic blood pressure at preschool age. A proper weight gain should be emphasized for both SGA and AGA infants.
Key words:
Overweight; Blood pressure; Growth; Infant, small for gestational age; Child, preschool
期刊介绍:
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine was founded in May 1998. It is one of the journals of the Chinese Medical Association, which is supervised by the China Association for Science and Technology, sponsored by the Chinese Medical Association, and hosted by Peking University First Hospital. Perinatal medicine is a new discipline jointly studied by obstetrics and neonatology. The purpose of this journal is to "prenatal and postnatal care, improve the quality of the newborn population, and ensure the safety and health of mothers and infants". It reflects the new theories, new technologies, and new progress in perinatal medicine in related disciplines such as basic, clinical and preventive medicine, genetics, and sociology. It aims to provide a window and platform for academic exchanges, information transmission, and understanding of the development trends of domestic and foreign perinatal medicine for the majority of perinatal medicine workers in my country.