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Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Habits during Pregnancy: Is There an Association with Small for Gestational Age Infants? An Italian Single Centre Experience

Background. The small-for-gestational-age (SGA) in infants is related to an increased risk of developing Non-Communicable Diseases later in life. The Mediterranean diet (MD) is related to lower odds of being SGA. The study explored retrospectively the association between SGA, maternal MD adherence,...

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Autores principales: De Giuseppe, Rachele, Bocchi, Manuela, Maffoni, Silvia, Del Bo, Elsa, Manzoni, Federica, Cerbo, Rosa Maria, Porri, Debora, Cena, Hellas
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8227784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34198781
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13061941
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author De Giuseppe, Rachele
Bocchi, Manuela
Maffoni, Silvia
Del Bo, Elsa
Manzoni, Federica
Cerbo, Rosa Maria
Porri, Debora
Cena, Hellas
author_facet De Giuseppe, Rachele
Bocchi, Manuela
Maffoni, Silvia
Del Bo, Elsa
Manzoni, Federica
Cerbo, Rosa Maria
Porri, Debora
Cena, Hellas
author_sort De Giuseppe, Rachele
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description Background. The small-for-gestational-age (SGA) in infants is related to an increased risk of developing Non-Communicable Diseases later in life. The Mediterranean diet (MD) is related to lower odds of being SGA. The study explored retrospectively the association between SGA, maternal MD adherence, lifestyle habits and other SGA risk factors during pregnancy. Methods. One hundred women (16–44 years) with a pregnancy at term were enrolled. Demographic data, parity, pre-gestational BMI, gestational weight gain, pregnancy-related diseases, and type of delivery were collected. The MD adherence (MEDI-LITE score ≥ 9), physical activity level, and smoking/alcohol consumption were registered. SGA neonates were diagnosed according to the neonatal growth curves. Results. Women were divided into “SGA group” vs. “non-SGA group”. The MD was adopted by 71% of women and its adherence was higher in the “non-SGA group” (p = 0.02). The prevalence of pregnancy-related diseases (gestational diabetes/pregnancy-induced hypertension) was higher in the “SGA group” (p = 0.01). The logistic regression showed that pregnancy-related diseases were the only independent risk factor for SGA. Conclusions. MD may indirectly reduce the risk of SGA since it prevents and exerts a positive effect on pregnancy-related diseases (e.g., gestational diabetes and hypertension). The small sample size of women in the SGA group of the study imposes a major limitation to the results and conclusions of this research, suggesting however that it is worthy of further investigation.
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spelling pubmed-82277842021-06-26 Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Habits during Pregnancy: Is There an Association with Small for Gestational Age Infants? An Italian Single Centre Experience De Giuseppe, Rachele Bocchi, Manuela Maffoni, Silvia Del Bo, Elsa Manzoni, Federica Cerbo, Rosa Maria Porri, Debora Cena, Hellas Nutrients Brief Report Background. The small-for-gestational-age (SGA) in infants is related to an increased risk of developing Non-Communicable Diseases later in life. The Mediterranean diet (MD) is related to lower odds of being SGA. The study explored retrospectively the association between SGA, maternal MD adherence, lifestyle habits and other SGA risk factors during pregnancy. Methods. One hundred women (16–44 years) with a pregnancy at term were enrolled. Demographic data, parity, pre-gestational BMI, gestational weight gain, pregnancy-related diseases, and type of delivery were collected. The MD adherence (MEDI-LITE score ≥ 9), physical activity level, and smoking/alcohol consumption were registered. SGA neonates were diagnosed according to the neonatal growth curves. Results. Women were divided into “SGA group” vs. “non-SGA group”. The MD was adopted by 71% of women and its adherence was higher in the “non-SGA group” (p = 0.02). The prevalence of pregnancy-related diseases (gestational diabetes/pregnancy-induced hypertension) was higher in the “SGA group” (p = 0.01). The logistic regression showed that pregnancy-related diseases were the only independent risk factor for SGA. Conclusions. MD may indirectly reduce the risk of SGA since it prevents and exerts a positive effect on pregnancy-related diseases (e.g., gestational diabetes and hypertension). The small sample size of women in the SGA group of the study imposes a major limitation to the results and conclusions of this research, suggesting however that it is worthy of further investigation. MDPI 2021-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8227784/ /pubmed/34198781 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13061941 Text en © 2021 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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De Giuseppe, Rachele
Bocchi, Manuela
Maffoni, Silvia
Del Bo, Elsa
Manzoni, Federica
Cerbo, Rosa Maria
Porri, Debora
Cena, Hellas
Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Habits during Pregnancy: Is There an Association with Small for Gestational Age Infants? An Italian Single Centre Experience
title Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Habits during Pregnancy: Is There an Association with Small for Gestational Age Infants? An Italian Single Centre Experience
title_full Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Habits during Pregnancy: Is There an Association with Small for Gestational Age Infants? An Italian Single Centre Experience
title_fullStr Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Habits during Pregnancy: Is There an Association with Small for Gestational Age Infants? An Italian Single Centre Experience
title_full_unstemmed Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Habits during Pregnancy: Is There an Association with Small for Gestational Age Infants? An Italian Single Centre Experience
title_short Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Habits during Pregnancy: Is There an Association with Small for Gestational Age Infants? An Italian Single Centre Experience
title_sort mediterranean diet and lifestyle habits during pregnancy: is there an association with small for gestational age infants? an italian single centre experience
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8227784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34198781
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13061941
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