PMID- 10078850
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990505
LR  - 20191024
VI  - 23
IP  - 2
DP  - 1999 Feb
TI  - Weights of parents and infants: is there a relationship?
PG  - 159-62
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between the measures of body weights of 
      parents and those of their children during the first two years of life. SUBJECTS: 
      Seventy-eight infants born to obese ('high risk') or nonobese ('low risk') 
      mothers. METHODS: Weight, weight for length and skinfold thicknesses of the high 
      and low risk infants were measured at 3 months, 12 months and 24 months of age. A 
      multiple linear regression analysis assessed the contributions of nine risk 
      factors, including paternal and maternal body mass index (BMI: kg/m2), to the 
      weight and weight for length of infants at 12 months and 24 months of age. 
      RESULTS: There were no differences between the high and low risk groups in 
      weight, weight for length or skinfold thicknesses at 3 months, 12 months or 24 
      months of age. Neither paternal nor maternal BMI entered the multiple regression. 
      CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that genetic influences on the body weight of 
      infants may be independent of those that influence BMI in adults, a circumstance 
      that could complicate the search for genetic determinants of obesity.
FAU - Stunkard, A J
AU  - Stunkard AJ
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 
      Philadelphia, USA.
FAU - Berkowitz, R I
AU  - Berkowitz RI
FAU - Stallings, V A
AU  - Stallings VA
FAU - Cater, J R
AU  - Cater JR
LA  - eng
GR  - NIHRR-00240/HR/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - NIMH-01183/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - NIMH-31050/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
JT  - International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the 
      International Association for the Study of Obesity
JID - 9313169
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight/*genetics
MH  - Energy Intake
MH  - Energy Metabolism
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*genetics
MH  - *Parents
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Skinfold Thickness
EDAT- 1999/03/17 00:00
MHDA- 1999/03/17 00:01
CRDT- 1999/03/17 00:00
PHST- 1999/03/17 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/03/17 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/03/17 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800785 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1999 Feb;23(2):159-62. doi: 
      10.1038/sj.ijo.0800785.