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Dietary intake in young adults born small or appropriate for gestational age: data from the Haguenau cohort
  1. Joane Matta1,
  2. Claire Carette2,
  3. Claire Levy Marchal3,
  4. Julien Bertrand4,5,
  5. Mélanie Pétéra4,5,
  6. Marie Zins1,6,
  7. Estelle Pujos-Guillot4,5,
  8. Blandine Comte4,5,
  9. Sébastien Czernichow1,2,6
  1. 1INSERM UMS 011, Population-Based Cohorts, France
  2. 2Nutrition Department, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
  3. 3INSERM CIE 05 - Unité d'épidémiologie clinique, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
  4. 4INRA, UMR 1019, Human Nutrition Unit, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  5. 5Université d'Auvergne, Clermont Université, 63122 Saint-Genès Champanelle, France
  6. 6Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
  1. Correspondence to Professor Sébastien Czernichow; sebastien.czernichow{at}aphp.fr

Abstract

Objectives Compare the dietary intake of young adults born small for gestational age (SGA) versus those born appropriate for gestational age (AGA).

Design Cross-sectional analysis.

Setting Data at the 8-year follow-up Haguenau cohort (France). Data from 229 AGA-born adults and 172 SGA-born adults with available dietary information are presented.

Methods Dietary intake was based on a food questionnaire including 19 items. The χ2 test was run to compare intake between SGA-born and AGA-born individuals. An a priori score was calculated based on the adherence to recommendations from the French Nutrition and Health Program and included 8 components with the lowest value indicating a lower adherence to recommendations. The score was then divided into quartiles. Relative risks and 95% CIs, controlling for age and sex in multivariate analysis, were calculated in order to determine the risk of belonging to the first versus the second to the fourth quartiles in SGA-born and AGA-born individuals.

Results Intakes of SGA-born adults indicated that they consumed more meat, sugar and less fish than AGA-born individuals (all p<0.05). Multivariate analyses with adjustment for age and sex showed that the relative risk of belonging to the first quartile versus the other three quartiles did not disclose any significant difference in SGA-born versus AGA-born participants: RR=0.92 (95% CI 0.65 to 1.30).

Conclusions Aside from the differences found by univariate analyses, no significant differences were obtained in multivariate analyses. Findings suggest that parameters of fetal programming are more associated with the development of metabolic syndrome in adulthood rather than dietary patterns.

  • EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • NUTRITION & DIETETICS
  • PUBLIC HEALTH

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012309

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