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Metabolic flexibility during late pregnancy is associated with neonatal adiposity.

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Tinius, RA; Blankenship, MM; Furgal, KE; Cade, WT; Duchette, C; Pearson, KJ; Maples, JM
Published in: Appl Physiol Nutr Metab
April 2021

The aim of this study was to determine the relationships between maternal metabolic flexibility during pregnancy and neonatal health outcomes. Percent change in lipid oxidation (before and after a high-fat meal) was calculated as the measure of "metabolic flexibility". Neonatal adiposity was assessed within 48 h of delivery by skinfold anthropometry. Metabolic flexibility (r = -0.271, p = 0.034), maternal HOMA-IR (r = 0.280, p = 0.030), and maternal body mass index (r = 0.299, p = 0.018) were correlated with neonatal subscapular skinfold (i.e., measure of neonatal adiposity). Clinical Trail Registration Number: NCT03504319. Novelty: This is the first study to link maternal metabolic flexibility, body mass index, and insulin resistance during pregnancy to neonatal adiposity at parturition.

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Appl Physiol Nutr Metab

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EISSN

1715-5320

Publication Date

April 2021

Volume

46

Issue

4

Start / End Page

404 / 407

Location

Canada

Related Subject Headings

  • Sport Sciences
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pregnancy
  • Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Lipid Metabolism
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Body Mass Index
 

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Tinius, R. A., Blankenship, M. M., Furgal, K. E., Cade, W. T., Duchette, C., Pearson, K. J., & Maples, J. M. (2021). Metabolic flexibility during late pregnancy is associated with neonatal adiposity. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, 46(4), 404–407. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2020-1005
Tinius, Rachel A., Maire M. Blankenship, Karen E. Furgal, W Todd Cade, Cathryn Duchette, Kevin J. Pearson, and Jill M. Maples. “Metabolic flexibility during late pregnancy is associated with neonatal adiposity.Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 46, no. 4 (April 2021): 404–7. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2020-1005.
Tinius RA, Blankenship MM, Furgal KE, Cade WT, Duchette C, Pearson KJ, et al. Metabolic flexibility during late pregnancy is associated with neonatal adiposity. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Apr;46(4):404–7.
Tinius, Rachel A., et al. “Metabolic flexibility during late pregnancy is associated with neonatal adiposity.Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, vol. 46, no. 4, Apr. 2021, pp. 404–07. Pubmed, doi:10.1139/apnm-2020-1005.
Tinius RA, Blankenship MM, Furgal KE, Cade WT, Duchette C, Pearson KJ, Maples JM. Metabolic flexibility during late pregnancy is associated with neonatal adiposity. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Apr;46(4):404–407.

Published In

Appl Physiol Nutr Metab

DOI

EISSN

1715-5320

Publication Date

April 2021

Volume

46

Issue

4

Start / End Page

404 / 407

Location

Canada

Related Subject Headings

  • Sport Sciences
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pregnancy
  • Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Lipid Metabolism
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Body Mass Index