Association between maternal mid-gestation vitamin D status and neonatal abdominal adiposity

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Association between maternal mid-gestation vitamin D status and neonatal abdominal adiposity
Title:
Association between maternal mid-gestation vitamin D status and neonatal abdominal adiposity
Journal Title:
International Journal of Obesity
Publication Date:
09 March 2018
Citation:
Tint, M.T., Chong, M.F., Aris, I.M. et al. Association between maternal mid-gestation vitamin D status and neonatal abdominal adiposity. Int J Obes 42, 1296–1305 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0032-2
Abstract:
Objectives: Lower vitamin D status has been associated with adiposity in children through adults. However, the evidence of the impact of maternal vitamin-D status during pregnancy on offspring’s adiposity is mixed. The objective of this study was to examine the associations between maternal vitamin-D [25(OH)D] status at mid-gestation and neonatal abdominal adipose tissue (AAT) compartments, particularly the deep subcutaneous adipose tissue linked with metabolic risk. Methods: Participants (N = 292) were Asian mother-neonate pairs from the mother-offspring cohort, Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes. Neonates born at ≥34 weeks gestation with birth weight ≥2000 g had magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within 2-weeks post-delivery. Maternal plasma glucose using an oral glucose tolerance test and 25(OH)D concentrations were measured. 25(OH)D status was categorized into inadequate (≤75.0 nmol/L) and sufficient (>75.0 nmol/L) groups. Neonatal AAT was classified into superficial (sSAT), deep subcutaneous (dSAT), and internal (IAT) adipose tissue compartments. Results: Inverse linear correlations were observed between maternal 25(OH)D and both sSAT (r = −0.190, P = 0.001) and dSAT (r = −0.206, P < 0.001). Each 1 nmol/L increase in 25(OH)D was significantly associated with reductions in sSAT (β = −0.14 (95% CI: −0.24, −0.04) ml, P = 0.006) and dSAT (β = −0.04 (−0.06, −0.01) ml, P = 0.006). Compared to neonates of mothers with 25(OH)D sufficiency, neonates with maternal 25(OH)D inadequacy had higher sSAT (7.3 (2.1, 12.4) ml, P = 0.006), and dSAT (2.0 (0.6, 3.4) ml, P = 0.005) volumes, despite similar birth weight. In the subset of mothers without gestational diabetes, neonatal dSAT was also greater (1.7 (0.3, 3.1) ml, P = 0.019) in neonates with maternal 25 (OH)-inadequacy. The associations with sSAT and dSAT persisted even after accounting for maternal glycemia (fasting and 2-h plasma glucose). Conclusions: Neonates of Asian mothers with mid-gestation 25(OH)D inadequacy have a higher abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue volume, especially dSAT (which is metabolically similar to visceral adipose tissue in adults), even after accounting for maternal glucose levels in pregnancy.
License type:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Funding Info:
This research is supported by the Singapore National Research Foundation under its Translational and Clinical Research (TCR) Flagship Programme and administered by the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore- NMRC/TCR/004-NUS/2008; Additional funding of the present study was provided by the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR and Nestec. K.M.G. is supported by the UK Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12011/4), the National Institute for Health Research (as an NIHR Senior Investigator (NF-SI0515-10042) and through the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre) and the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013), projects EarlyNutrition and ODIN under grant agreement numbers 289346 and 613977. Study sponsors were not involved in the design of the study, statistical analysis and interpretation of results.
Description:
The publication has been published in the international journal of obesity with the attached URL of https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-018-0032-2.
ISSN:
0307-0565
1476-5497
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