to investigate the relationship between maternal physical health problems and depressive symptoms in the first year after childbirth.
"It's a positive thing that maternal physical activity levels can influence the activity level of their child," Kathryn Hesketh told Reuters Health.
There were strong linear associations across the three categories of maternal physical grade for most characteristics.
Table 3 shows the association of maternal physical grade with maternal and offspring perinatal characteristics.
The association of maternal physical grade with cardiovascular disease outcomes was not specific.
Maternal physical health and well-being at the time of pregnancy may be one such exposure.
Several mechanisms might link maternal physical health and vitality to offspring cardiovascular disease risk.
Further, this measure of maternal physical health and vitality related to other maternal characteristics in expected directions (Table 3).
In year of birth and sex adjusted models there were strong associations between maternal physical grade and risk of offspring CHD, stroke and both combined.
Our study participants were all born between 1950 1956, i.e. close to the period during which there was greater documentation of how maternal physical grade was assessed.
We aimed to examine the association between obstetrician assessment of maternal physical health at the time of pregnancy and offspring cardiovascular disease risk.
