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

Obesity, Childhood Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04174521
• Other study ID #: 190557
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 26, 2019
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20670
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity, Childhood
• Pediatric Obesity
• Weight Gain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville	Tennessee

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Obesity of the Child (in the Mother-child Pair) During the First 5 Years of the 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.	first 5 years of child's life