Cesarean birth and the nutritional development in childhood: results from a cohort in Southern Brazil
Abstract
Background and aim: The cesarean births have increased, just like observed for obesity and overweight in childhood. This study aims to report the association between cesarean birth and the nutritional development status of 6/7-year-old. Materials and methods: As part of the Coorte Brasil Sul, the study involved 475 randomly selected children from the city of Palhoça, Brazil, born in 2009. Demographic, pregnancy and birth characteristics and children nutritional status were obtained. Measures of weight and height were converted to age and sex-adjusted z-scores of height-for-age (HFAz), weight-for-age (WFAz) and BMI-for-age (BMIz). Results: Among these children, 196 (41.3%) were born by cesarean section and 279 (58.7%) were born by vaginal birth. No differences were found between the means of the BMIz, WFAz and HFAz according to the mode of delivery, as well as the average treatment effect. Conclusion: Cesarean birth was not associated with the nutritional development status of 6/7-year-old in the studied population.
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