Association Between Mother and Child Weight Gain: Statistical Methods With Validation

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity, Childhood

• Registration Number: NCT04174521
• Lead Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Brief Summary

Using retrospective data from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center electronic health record, the investigators will study the association between mother's weight / weight change before and during pregnancy and the development of childhood obesity up until 5 years of age.

Detailed Description

The investigators are extracting de-identified retrospective data from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center electronic health record for mother-child pairs. From this data, the investigators will study the association between mother weight change during pregnancy and the risk of her child developing obesity during the first 5 years of life. Included mothers must have at least one weight measurement and at least one height measurement; they must have at least one child with weight/length measurements at birth and one additional same day height/weight measurement at or before 5 years of age.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-06-26
• Study First Submitted: 2019-11-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-11-20
• Study First Posted: 2019-11-22
• Primary Completion: 2021-08-01
• Study Completion: 2021-08-01
• Results First Submitted: 2021-08-27
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2022-01-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-27
• Results First Posted: 2022-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20670

Inclusion Criteria

• Mother-child pairs in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) electronic health record.
• The mothers must have at least one height measurement.
• The mothers must also have at least one weight measurement during pregnancy.
• The child must have birth length and weight measures and at least one same day height/weight measurement during their first 5 years of life.

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Obesity of the Child (in the Mother-child Pair) During the First 5 Years of the Child's Life	first 5 years of child's life	Obesity of the child is defined as having a BMI-by-age classification greater than the 95th percentile based on the US CDC percentiles.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States