Maternal protein intake is not associated with infant blood pressure

Maternal protein intake is not associated with infant blood pressure.

BACKGROUND Animal data show that low protein intake in pregnancy programs higher offspring blood pressure, but similar data in humans are limited. We examined the associations of first and second trimester maternal protein intake with offspring blood pressure (BP) at the age of six months. METHODS In a prospective US cohort study, called Project Viva, pregnant women completed validated semi-q...

Maternal calcium intake and offspring blood pressure.

BACKGROUND Few data exist on the intergenerational influence of calcium intake during pregnancy on offspring blood pressure. METHODS AND RESULTS As part of the ongoing US prospective cohort study Project Viva, we analyzed 4091 Dinamap blood pressure measurements from 936 six-month-old infants whose mothers had completed food frequency questionnaires during the second trimester of pregnancy. W...

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Maternal dietary fat intake during pregnancy is associated with infant temperament.

Research with rodents and nonhuman primates suggests that maternal prenatal dietary fat intake is associated with offspring behavioral functioning indicative of risk for psychopathology. The extent to which these findings extend to humans remains unknown. The current study administered the Automated Self-Administered 24 hr Dietary Recall Questionnaire three times in pregnancy (n = 48) to examin...

Relation between prenatal maternal blood pressure and infant irritability.

Chisholm et al. [4], using samples of Navajo and Malaysian newborns, found a significant positive relation between maternal normotensive blood pressures during the second trimester of pregnancy and at delivery and infant irritability in response to the Brazelton Examination. Measuring spontaneous crying with an electronic activity monitor and using a white middle-class American population, this...