Association Between Mother and Child Weight Gain: Statistical Methods With Validation
Association Between Mother and Child Weight Gain: Statistical Methods With Validation
Using retrospective data from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center electronic health
 record, the investigators will study the association between mother's weight / weight change
 before, during, and after pregnancy and the development of childhood obesity up until 5 years
 of age.
The investigators are extracting de-identified retrospective data from the Vanderbilt
 University Medical Center electronic health record for mother-child pairs. From this data,
 the investigators will study the association between mothers' weight before, during, and
 after pregnancy, as well as her weight change during those periods, and its association with
 the risk of her child developing obesity during the first 5 years of their life. Included
 mothers must be 18 years of age or older at the time of delivery with at least one weight
 measurement and at least one height measurement; they must have at least one child with
 weight/length measurements at birth and one additional same day height/weight measurement at
 or before 5 years of age.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Mother-child pairs in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) electronic
 health record.

 -  The mothers must have at least one height measurement after the age of 16 years.

 -  The mothers must also have at least one weight measurement during pregnancy.

 -  The child must have birth length and weight measures and at least one same day
 height/weight measurement during their first 5 years of life.