Heat Exposure in Early Pregnancy Is Associated With Lower Linear Growth Characteristics From Birth to 2 Years
Objectives: Heat stress during pregnancy has been shown to have detrimental effects on obstetric and neonatal outcomes. However, the impact of heat on child linear growth patterns has not been studied systematically. We examined associations between temperature during pregnancy trimesters and length-for-age z-scores (LAZ) until 2 y of age.
Authors
- Sarah Saleem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-8631)
- Yangyang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6427-7250)
- Lester Figueroa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-0361)
- Antoinette Tshefu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7657-6901)
- Ana Garcés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7937-4333)
- Kartik Shankar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7964-9026)
- Richard J. Derman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1148-1594)
- Priya Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4008-597X)
- Melissa Bauserman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4992-9895)
- Shivaprasad S. Goudar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-7053)
- Sarah J. Borengasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9984-0178)
- Adrien Lokangaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-5877)
- Robert L. Goldenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-8340)
- Todd M. Everson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-4550)
- Nancy F Krebs
- Jennifer F Kemp
- Blair J Wylie
- Jamie Westcott
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- Ministry of Public Health (CD)
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Mitchell Institute (US)
- University of Kinshasa (CD)
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (IN)
- Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (GT)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.106119
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00