B4005 - Does birth weight modify the impact of different weight trajectories on cardio metabolic health in adulthood - 22/02/2022

B number: 
B4005
Principal applicant name: 
Tuomas Oskari Kilpeläinen | Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Co-applicants: 
Hermina Jakupović, MSc.
Title of project: 
Does birth weight modify the impact of different weight trajectories on cardio metabolic health in adulthood?
Proposal summary: 

The change in body weight from infancy to adulthood may impact later cardiometabolic health. In particular, early onset of excess weight gain and long duration of obesity in youth have been associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic comorbidities in adulthood. High and low birth weight for gestational age, indicating abnormal fetal intrauterine growth, are also associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic comorbidities in adulthood. There may be an interaction between birth weight and the change in body weight from infancy to adulthood, where the influence of weight gain on cardiometabolic health may depend on birth weight. In the present study, we aim to uncover the independent and combined effects of birth weight and the change in body weight from infancy to early adulthood, on cardiometabolic health in adulthood.

Impact of research: 
This novel and timely research will provide valuable information on about whether birth weight modifies the impact of different weight trajectories (focusing on the obesity status) on cardio metabolic traits in adulthood.
Date proposal received: 
Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
Date proposal approved: 
Monday, 21 February, 2022
Keywords: 
Genetic epidemiology (including association studies and mendelian randomisation), Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, Pregnancy - e.g. reproductive health, postnatal depression, birth outcomes, etc., Computer simulations/modelling/algorithms, Statistical methods, Biomarkers - e.g. cotinine, fatty acids, haemoglobin, etc., Birth outcomes, Offspring, Puberty, Sex differences, Blood pressure, BMI, Cardiovascular, Genetic epidemiology, Genetics, Genomics, Mothers - maternal age, menopause, obstetrics, Metabolic - metabolism