Effects of Gestational Sleep Patterns and Their Changes on Maternal Glycemia and Offspring Physical Growth in Early Life

Zou, Jiaojiao; Wei, Qian; Ye, Peiqi; Shi, Yuyang; Zhang, Yunhui; Shi, Huijing

doi:10.3390/nu14163390

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Effects of Gestational Sleep Patterns and Their Changes on Maternal Glycemia and Offspring Physical Growth in Early Life

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Jiaojiao Zou

¹,

Qian Wei

¹,

Peiqi Ye

¹,

Yuyang Shi

¹,

Yunhui Zhang

² and

Huijing Shi

^1,*

¹

Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, No. 130 Dong’an Road, Shanghai 200032, China

²

Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, No. 130 Dong’an Road, Shanghai 200032, China

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Nutrients 2022, 14(16), 3390; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163390

Submission received: 1 August 2022 / Revised: 14 August 2022 / Accepted: 16 August 2022 / Published: 18 August 2022

(This article belongs to the Section Pediatric Nutrition)

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Maternal sleep patterns during pregnancy are drawing increased attention to examine its role in the regulation of maternal glycemia and physical growth of offspring within 24 months. Among 3329 eligible mother–child pairs included in the Shanghai Maternal–Child Pairs Cohort, sleep patterns of pregnant women were assessed by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and objective measurement in early and late pregnancy. Offspring physical growth within 24 months was primarily indicated by the body mass index Z-score (BAZ), catch-up growth, and overweight/obesity. In total, 3329 and 382 pregnant women were included with subjectively assessed and objectively measured sleep pattern, respectively. The increased risk of GDM was associated with maternal night-time sleep duration ≥8.5 h in early pregnancy, or sleep quality change from poor to good during pregnancy (OR = 1.48; 95% CI, 1.06 to 2.07). In the GDM group, the effect of sleep duration in early pregnancy on overweight/obesity in offspring within 24 months showed a U-shaped curve, with a 1.73-fold and 1.43-fold increased risk of overweight/obesity of offspring in pregnant women with <7.5 or ≥8.5 h of sleep duration, respectively. A good gestational sleep pattern was required to reduce the risk of GDM and offspring overweight/obesity within 24 months.

Keywords: gestational sleep patterns; gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM); offspring physical growth; cohort study

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Zou, J.; Wei, Q.; Ye, P.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Shi, H. Effects of Gestational Sleep Patterns and Their Changes on Maternal Glycemia and Offspring Physical Growth in Early Life. Nutrients 2022, 14, 3390. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163390

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Zou J, Wei Q, Ye P, Shi Y, Zhang Y, Shi H. Effects of Gestational Sleep Patterns and Their Changes on Maternal Glycemia and Offspring Physical Growth in Early Life. Nutrients. 2022; 14(16):3390. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163390

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Zou, Jiaojiao, Qian Wei, Peiqi Ye, Yuyang Shi, Yunhui Zhang, and Huijing Shi. 2022. "Effects of Gestational Sleep Patterns and Their Changes on Maternal Glycemia and Offspring Physical Growth in Early Life" Nutrients 14, no. 16: 3390. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163390

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Zou, J., Wei, Q., Ye, P., Shi, Y., Zhang, Y., & Shi, H. (2022). Effects of Gestational Sleep Patterns and Their Changes on Maternal Glycemia and Offspring Physical Growth in Early Life. Nutrients, 14(16), 3390. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163390

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