title: Association between maternal characteristics and neonatal birth weight in a Korean population living in the Seoul metropolitan area, Korea: a birth cohort study (COCOA).
abstract: Previous studies suggest that maternal characteristics may be associated with neonatal outcomes. However, the influence of maternal characteristics on birth weight (BW) has not been adequately determined in Korean populations. We investigated associations between maternal characteristics and BW in a sample of 813 Korean women living in the Seoul metropolitan area, Korea recruited using data from the prospective hospital-based COhort for Childhood Origin of Asthma and allergic diseases (COCOA) between 2007 and 2011. The mean maternal age at delivery was 32.3 ± 3.5 yr and prepregnancy maternal body mass index (BMI) was 20.7 ± 2.5 kg/m(2). The mean BW of infant was 3,196 ± 406 g. The overall prevalence of a maternal history of allergic disease was 32.9% and the overall prevalence of allergic symptoms was 65.1%. In multivariate regression models, prepregnancy maternal BMI and gestational age at delivery were positively and a maternal history of allergic disease and nulliparity were negatively associated with BW (all P < 0.05). Presence of allergic symptoms in the mother was not associated with BW. In conclusion, prepregnancy maternal BMI, gestational age at delivery, a maternal history of allergic disease, and nulliparity may be associated with BW, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, CHA Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Youn Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Suk-Joo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kyung Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jinho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Kang Mo
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Hyung Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ju-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Ji-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Byoung-Ju
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyo-Bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Woo Kyung
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Jin
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: So-Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soo Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gwang Cheon
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Ja-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Kyung-Ju
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hee Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Pil Ryang
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hye-Sung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: Soo-Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Allergy and Immunology; Birth Weight; Body Mass Index; Cohort Studies; Family Characteristic; Infant, Newborn; Mothers