Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life

Objective: To evaluate the influence of genetic, gestational, birth, and socioeconomic factors on Rapid Weight Gain (RWG) in children between birth and six months. Methods: This is a cohort study with 267 children, information on individual and sociodemographics was obtained from the medical record....

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Main Authors: Maíra Barros Louro Menezes, Cristina Maria Mendes Resende, Danielle Fernandes Durso, Mariane Alves Silva, Jacqueline Isaura Alvarez Leite, Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro, Juliana Farias de Novaes, Sylvia Do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz, Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
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Published: Elsevier 2025-07-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755725000816
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author Maíra Barros Louro Menezes
Cristina Maria Mendes Resende
Danielle Fernandes Durso
Mariane Alves Silva
Jacqueline Isaura Alvarez Leite
Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro
Juliana Farias de Novaes
Sylvia Do Carmo Castro Franceschini
Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz
Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
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Cristina Maria Mendes Resende
Danielle Fernandes Durso
Mariane Alves Silva
Jacqueline Isaura Alvarez Leite
Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro
Juliana Farias de Novaes
Sylvia Do Carmo Castro Franceschini
Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz
Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
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description Objective: To evaluate the influence of genetic, gestational, birth, and socioeconomic factors on Rapid Weight Gain (RWG) in children between birth and six months. Methods: This is a cohort study with 267 children, information on individual and sociodemographics was obtained from the medical record. RWG was identified when the z-score difference in weight-for-age between two child assessments was > +0.67. The rs9939609 was assessed by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Taqman. The exploratory analysis of the cumulative incidence rate curves of RWG used the Kaplan-Meier, as well as the Log-Rank test to perform comparisons between the groups. To estimate the hazard ratio, the Cox semi-parametric model was used, to verify the quality of the fit of the proposed model the generalized Cox-Snell residuals were used. Results: The RWG between birth and six months was 31.84% and the incidence rate was estimated to be 2.31 cases/1000 person-days. The children who were born with inadequate weight or low weight had 1.88 times the risk of having RWG between birth and six months. In multivariate analysis, a higher risk of RWG in the first six months of life was found for children who were born weighing < 3000 g and whose mothers were overweight/obese in the pregestational phase, adjusted for the variables sex, rs 9939,609 and paternal education, rs9939609 was not associated with RWG. Conclusions: Children with lower birth weight and with mothers overweight/obese before pregnancy presented a higher risk of RWG in the first six months and rs 9939,609 was not associated with RWG.
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spelling doaj-art-29cf67e603ef47a9bd0d08b4d21c81082025-08-20T03:49:56ZengElsevierJornal de Pediatria0021-75572025-07-01101462563310.1016/j.jped.2025.03.010Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of lifeMaíra Barros Louro Menezes0Cristina Maria Mendes Resende1Danielle Fernandes Durso2Mariane Alves Silva3Jacqueline Isaura Alvarez Leite4Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro5Juliana Farias de Novaes6Sylvia Do Carmo Castro Franceschini7Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz8Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez9Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Lavras, Departamento de Nutrição, Trevo Rotatório Prof. Edmir Sá Santos. Lavras, MG, CEP: 37203-202, Brasil; Corresponding author.Department of Neurology, Wellstone Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USAUniversidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Nutrição e Saúde, Viçosa, MG, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Nutrição e Saúde, Viçosa, MG, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Nutrição e Saúde, Viçosa, MG, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Nutrição e Saúde, Viçosa, MG, BrazilUniversidade de Pernambuco, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Recife, PE, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilObjective: To evaluate the influence of genetic, gestational, birth, and socioeconomic factors on Rapid Weight Gain (RWG) in children between birth and six months. Methods: This is a cohort study with 267 children, information on individual and sociodemographics was obtained from the medical record. RWG was identified when the z-score difference in weight-for-age between two child assessments was > +0.67. The rs9939609 was assessed by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Taqman. The exploratory analysis of the cumulative incidence rate curves of RWG used the Kaplan-Meier, as well as the Log-Rank test to perform comparisons between the groups. To estimate the hazard ratio, the Cox semi-parametric model was used, to verify the quality of the fit of the proposed model the generalized Cox-Snell residuals were used. Results: The RWG between birth and six months was 31.84% and the incidence rate was estimated to be 2.31 cases/1000 person-days. The children who were born with inadequate weight or low weight had 1.88 times the risk of having RWG between birth and six months. In multivariate analysis, a higher risk of RWG in the first six months of life was found for children who were born weighing < 3000 g and whose mothers were overweight/obese in the pregestational phase, adjusted for the variables sex, rs 9939,609 and paternal education, rs9939609 was not associated with RWG. Conclusions: Children with lower birth weight and with mothers overweight/obese before pregnancy presented a higher risk of RWG in the first six months and rs 9939,609 was not associated with RWG.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755725000816Birth weightInfantWeight gainPolymorphismRisk factors
spellingShingle Maíra Barros Louro Menezes
Cristina Maria Mendes Resende
Danielle Fernandes Durso
Mariane Alves Silva
Jacqueline Isaura Alvarez Leite
Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro
Juliana Farias de Novaes
Sylvia Do Carmo Castro Franceschini
Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz
Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life
Jornal de Pediatria
Birth weight
Infant
Weight gain
Polymorphism
Risk factors
title Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life
title_full Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life
title_fullStr Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life
title_short Determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life
title_sort determinants of rapid weight gain in a cohort of children in the first six months of life
topic Birth weight
Infant
Weight gain
Polymorphism
Risk factors
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755725000816
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