Birth-weight and resting metabolic rate in adulthood — sex-specific differences

Sandboge, Samuel; Moltchanova, Elena; Blomstedt, Paul; Salonen, Minna K.; Kajantie, Eero; Osmond, Clive; Barker, D. J. P.; Eriksson, Johan G.

doi:10.3109/07853890.2010.549147

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“…Several studies indicate that SNS activation is increased in low birth weight individuals (17, 85, 181); yet not all studies agree. Muscle SNS activity is decreased in healthy low birth weight individuals in young adulthood (230).…”

Section: The Underlying Mechanisms That Program An Increase In Cardiomentioning

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Fetal Programming and Cardiovascular Pathology

Alexander

Dasinger

Intapad

2015

Comprehensive Physiology

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Low birth weight serves as a crude proxy for impaired growth during fetal life and indicates a failure for the fetus to achieve its full growth potential. Low birth weight can occur in response to numerous etiologies that include complications during pregnancy, poor prenatal care, parental smoking, maternal alcohol consumption or stress. Numerous epidemiological and experimental studies demonstrate that birth weight is inversely associated with blood pressure and coronary heart disease. Sex and age impact the developmental programming of hypertension. In addition, impaired growth during fetal life also programs enhanced vulnerability to a secondary insult. Macrosomia, which occurs in response to maternal obesity, diabetes and excessive weight gain during gestation, is also associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Yet, the exact mechanisms that permanently change the structure, physiology and endocrine health of an individual across their lifespan following altered growth during fetal life are not entirely clear. Transmission of increased risk from one generation to the next in the absence of an additional prenatal insult indicates an important role for epigenetic processes. Experimental studies also indicate that the sympathetic nervous system, the renin angiotensin system, increased production of oxidative stress and increased endothelin play an important role in the developmental programming of blood pressure in later life. Thus, this review will highlight how adverse influences during fetal life and early development program an increased risk for cardiovascular disease including high blood pressure and provide an overview of the underlying mechanisms that contribute to the fetal origins of cardiovascular pathology.

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Section: The Underlying Mechanisms That Program An Increase In Cardiomentioning

confidence: 99%

Fetal Programming and Cardiovascular Pathology

Alexander

Dasinger

Intapad

2015

Comprehensive Physiology

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“…Therefore, studies focusing on other potentially relevant factors such as basal metabolic rate, its regulatory systems, such as the autonomic nervous system, or closely related pathways, such as the timing of the ‘obesity rebound’. Birth weight has been associated with resting metabolic rate[66], and infant weight gain with autonomic nervous system activity. [67] The age of the ‘adiposity rebound’ (the rise in childhood BMI, after an initial drop, that occurs between age 3 and 6) is considered of critical importance to the setting of energy balance, and empirical evidence suggests that suboptimal perinatal growth advances the timing of adiposity rebound.…”

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The Association of Birth Weight and Infant Growth with Energy Balance-Related Behavior – A Systematic Review and Best-Evidence Synthesis of Human Studies

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BackgroundSuboptimal prenatal and early postnatal growths are associated with obesity in later life, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature that reports on the longitudinal association of (i) birth size or (ii) infant growth with later (i) energy intake, (ii) eating behaviors, (iii) physical activity or (iv) sedentary behavior in humans.MethodsA comprehensive search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO and The Cochrane Library was conducted to identify relevant publications. We appraised the methodological quality of the studies and synthesized the extracted data through a best-evidence synthesis.ResultsData from 41 publications were included. The quality of the studies was high in three papers, moderate in 11 and low in the large majority (n = 27) of papers appraised. Our best-evidence synthesis indicates that there is no evidence for an association of birth weight with later energy intake, eating behavior, physical activity or sedentary behavior. We found moderate evidence for an association of extreme birth weights (at both ends of the spectrum) with lower physical activity levels at a later age. Evidence for the association of infant growth with energy balance-related behavior was generally insufficient.ConclusionsWe conclude that current evidence does not support an association of early-life growth with energy balance-related behaviors in later life, except for an association of extreme birth weights with later physical activity.

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“…The present study aims to investigate the relationship between physique at 6 years and the metabolic disease risk in urban Japanese women aged between 41 and 69 years and elucidate the underlying mechanisms. To assess the effects of early development on the future metabolic disease risk, we examined women because men are affected more by the present lifestyle as well as the impact of epigenetics …”

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“…To assess the effects of early development on the future metabolic disease risk, we examined women because men are affected more by the present lifestyle as well as the impact of epigenetics. 8,9 Methods The Suita study, a cohort study of cardiovascular disease, was established in Suita City, Osaka, Japan. 10,11…”

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Relationship between thin physique at 6 years and metabolic disease risks in middle‐aged Japanese women: The Suita study

Katsuragi

Okamura

Kokubo

et al. 2020

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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Aim We previously reported that female babies born small developed cardiovascular risks in middle age. The present study was conducted using the same cohort to examine the relationship between physique at 6 years and the metabolic disease risk in middle age. Methods Data collected from 721 women aged 41–69 years who underwent a medical examination at a single institution between 2007 and 2008 were retrospectively examined. We collected data from medical examinations and a questionnaire on physique (thin, normal, and fat) at 6 years. The relationship between birthweight and physique at 6 years was investigated. Results Among females who were born small (< 2500 g), 80%, 16%, and 4% became thin, normal, or fat, respectively, by 6 years. Physique at 6 years had a negative relationship with future triglyceride, fasting glucose, HbA1C, insulin, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA‐IR) levels and a positive relationship with high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Conclusion Although our findings may be specific to the study population, physique at 6 years had a negative relationship with the metabolic disease risk in middle‐aged Japanese women. Insulin and MOMA‐IR levels negatively correlated with physique at 6 years, and development from low birthweight infants to childhood obesity was rare in this cohort.

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Birth-weight and resting metabolic rate in adulthood — sex-specific differences

Cited by 15 publications

References 47 publications

Fetal Programming and Cardiovascular Pathology

Fetal Programming and Cardiovascular Pathology

The Association of Birth Weight and Infant Growth with Energy Balance-Related Behavior – A Systematic Review and Best-Evidence Synthesis of Human Studies

Relationship between thin physique at 6 years and metabolic disease risks in middle‐aged Japanese women: The Suita study

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