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The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort

Limited evidence exists on the effects of maternal dietary patterns on birth weight, and most studies conducted so far did not adjust their findings for gestational age and sex, leading to potentially biased conclusions. In the present study, we applied a novel method, namely the clustering on princ...

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Autores principales: Barchitta, Martina, Magnano San Lio, Roberta, La Rosa, Maria Clara, La Mastra, Claudia, Favara, Giuliana, Ferrante, Giuliana, Galvani, Fabiola, Pappalardo, Elisa, Ettore, Carla, Ettore, Giuseppe, Agodi, Antonella, Maugeri, Andrea
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10147093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37111140
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15081922
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author Barchitta, Martina
Magnano San Lio, Roberta
La Rosa, Maria Clara
La Mastra, Claudia
Favara, Giuliana
Ferrante, Giuliana
Galvani, Fabiola
Pappalardo, Elisa
Ettore, Carla
Ettore, Giuseppe
Agodi, Antonella
Maugeri, Andrea
author_facet Barchitta, Martina
Magnano San Lio, Roberta
La Rosa, Maria Clara
La Mastra, Claudia
Favara, Giuliana
Ferrante, Giuliana
Galvani, Fabiola
Pappalardo, Elisa
Ettore, Carla
Ettore, Giuseppe
Agodi, Antonella
Maugeri, Andrea
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description Limited evidence exists on the effects of maternal dietary patterns on birth weight, and most studies conducted so far did not adjust their findings for gestational age and sex, leading to potentially biased conclusions. In the present study, we applied a novel method, namely the clustering on principal components, to derive dietary patterns among 667 pregnant women from Catania (Italy) and to evaluate the associations with birth weight for gestational age. We identified two clusters reflecting distinct dietary patterns: the first one was mainly characterized by plant-based foods (e.g., potatoes, cooked and raw vegetables, legumes, soup, fruits, nuts, rice, wholemeal bread), fish and white meat, eggs, butter and margarine, coffee and tea; the second one consisted mainly of junk foods (sweets, dips, salty snacks, and fries), pasta, white bread, milk, vegetable and olive oils. Regarding small gestational age births, the main predictors were employment status and primiparity, but not the adherence to dietary patterns. By contrast, women belonging to cluster 2 had higher odds of large for gestational age (LGA) births than those belonging to cluster 1 (OR = 2.213; 95%CI = 1.047–4.679; p = 0.038). Moreover, the odds of LGA increased by nearly 11% for each one-unit increase in pregestational BMI (OR = 1.107; 95%CI = 1.053–1.163; p < 0.001). To our knowledge, the present study is the first to highlight a relationship between adherence to an unhealthy dietary pattern and the likelihood of giving birth to a LGA newborn. This evidence adds to the current knowledge about the effects of diet on birth weight, which, however, remains limited and controversial.
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spelling pubmed-101470932023-04-29 The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort Barchitta, Martina Magnano San Lio, Roberta La Rosa, Maria Clara La Mastra, Claudia Favara, Giuliana Ferrante, Giuliana Galvani, Fabiola Pappalardo, Elisa Ettore, Carla Ettore, Giuseppe Agodi, Antonella Maugeri, Andrea Nutrients Article Limited evidence exists on the effects of maternal dietary patterns on birth weight, and most studies conducted so far did not adjust their findings for gestational age and sex, leading to potentially biased conclusions. In the present study, we applied a novel method, namely the clustering on principal components, to derive dietary patterns among 667 pregnant women from Catania (Italy) and to evaluate the associations with birth weight for gestational age. We identified two clusters reflecting distinct dietary patterns: the first one was mainly characterized by plant-based foods (e.g., potatoes, cooked and raw vegetables, legumes, soup, fruits, nuts, rice, wholemeal bread), fish and white meat, eggs, butter and margarine, coffee and tea; the second one consisted mainly of junk foods (sweets, dips, salty snacks, and fries), pasta, white bread, milk, vegetable and olive oils. Regarding small gestational age births, the main predictors were employment status and primiparity, but not the adherence to dietary patterns. By contrast, women belonging to cluster 2 had higher odds of large for gestational age (LGA) births than those belonging to cluster 1 (OR = 2.213; 95%CI = 1.047–4.679; p = 0.038). Moreover, the odds of LGA increased by nearly 11% for each one-unit increase in pregestational BMI (OR = 1.107; 95%CI = 1.053–1.163; p < 0.001). To our knowledge, the present study is the first to highlight a relationship between adherence to an unhealthy dietary pattern and the likelihood of giving birth to a LGA newborn. This evidence adds to the current knowledge about the effects of diet on birth weight, which, however, remains limited and controversial. MDPI 2023-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10147093/ /pubmed/37111140 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15081922 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Barchitta, Martina
Magnano San Lio, Roberta
La Rosa, Maria Clara
La Mastra, Claudia
Favara, Giuliana
Ferrante, Giuliana
Galvani, Fabiola
Pappalardo, Elisa
Ettore, Carla
Ettore, Giuseppe
Agodi, Antonella
Maugeri, Andrea
The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort
title The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort
title_full The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort
title_fullStr The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort
title_short The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort
title_sort effect of maternal dietary patterns on birth weight for gestational age: findings from the mami-med cohort
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10147093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37111140
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15081922
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