Associations between antenatal maternal diet and other health aspects with infant temperament in a large multiethnic cohort study: a path analysis approach.

Schoeps, A; Gontijo de Castro, T; Peterson, ER; Wall, C; D'Souza, S; Waldie, KE; Morton, S

Associations between antenatal maternal diet and other health aspects with infant temperament in a large multiethnic cohort study: a path analysis approach.

Schoeps, A Gontijo de Castro, T Peterson, ER Wall, C D'Souza, S Waldie, KE Morton, S

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dc.contributor.author	Schoeps, A
dc.contributor.author	Gontijo de Castro, T
dc.contributor.author	Peterson, ER
dc.contributor.author	Wall, C
dc.contributor.author	D'Souza, S
dc.contributor.author	Waldie, KE
dc.contributor.author	Morton, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-7020
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-03T22:59:02Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-03T22:59:02Z
dc.date.issued	2022-02-21
dc.identifier.citation	BMJ Open, 2022, 12, (2), pp. e046790
dc.identifier.issn	2044-6055
dc.identifier.issn	2044-6055
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/171154
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the association of antenatal maternal dietary patterns (DPs) and other health aspects with infant temperament in a large multiethnic cohort, taking maternal personality and prenatal stress into account. DESIGN AND METHODS: Using data from 3968 children born in 2009/2010 and their mothers from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort, infant temperament was assessed at 9 months using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised Very Short Form. Maternal antenatal diet and other health aspects were assessed antenatally. Maternal DPs (n=4) were derived using principal components analysis based on food intake reported on a 44-item food frequency questionnaire. Path analyses investigated factors associated with infant temperament, namely maternal personality, prenatal maternal stress, DPs and other health aspects, including potential inter-relations and mediating effects. RESULTS: Women who scored higher in the fusion DP (standardised beta (β)=0.05; 95% CI 0.02 to 0.09) and healthy DP (β=0.05; 95% CI 0.02 to 0.09), who exercised more (β=0.04; 95% CI 0.01 to 0.07), and who drank less alcohol (β=-0.05; 95% CI -0.08 to -0.02) were more likely to have infants with an overall less difficult temperament. Sex-specific differences were found in the associations between maternal DP and infant temperament. Maternal personality and prenatal stress were significantly associated with all dimensions of infant temperament. The strongest predictors for a more difficult temperament were prenatal stress (β=0.12; 95% CI 0.08 to 0.15) and the personality dimensions neuroticism (β=0.10; 95% CI 0.07 to 0.14) and extraversion (β=-0.09; 95% CI -0.12 to -0.06). CONCLUSIONS: Associations of antenatal maternal diet and health aspects with infant temperament were statistically significant but small. While they should not be overinterpreted as being deterministic, the findings of this study support the link between maternal modifiable health-related behaviours and infant temperament outcomes.
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	BMJ
dc.relation.ispartof	BMJ Open
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046790
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dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.classification	32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.classification	42 Health sciences
dc.subject.classification	52 Psychology
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Cohort Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Diet
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Infant
dc.subject.mesh	Infant Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Pregnancy
dc.subject.mesh	Temperament
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Diet
dc.subject.mesh	Cohort Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Infant Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Temperament
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Pregnancy
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Infant
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Cohort Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Diet
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Infant
dc.subject.mesh	Infant Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Pregnancy
dc.subject.mesh	Temperament
dc.title	Associations between antenatal maternal diet and other health aspects with infant temperament in a large multiethnic cohort study: a path analysis approach.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	12
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utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
utslib.for	1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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Abstract:

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the association of antenatal maternal dietary patterns (DPs) and other health aspects with infant temperament in a large multiethnic cohort, taking maternal personality and prenatal stress into account. DESIGN AND METHODS: Using data from 3968 children born in 2009/2010 and their mothers from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort, infant temperament was assessed at 9 months using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised Very Short Form. Maternal antenatal diet and other health aspects were assessed antenatally. Maternal DPs (n=4) were derived using principal components analysis based on food intake reported on a 44-item food frequency questionnaire. Path analyses investigated factors associated with infant temperament, namely maternal personality, prenatal maternal stress, DPs and other health aspects, including potential inter-relations and mediating effects. RESULTS: Women who scored higher in the fusion DP (standardised beta (β)=0.05; 95% CI 0.02 to 0.09) and healthy DP (β=0.05; 95% CI 0.02 to 0.09), who exercised more (β=0.04; 95% CI 0.01 to 0.07), and who drank less alcohol (β=-0.05; 95% CI -0.08 to -0.02) were more likely to have infants with an overall less difficult temperament. Sex-specific differences were found in the associations between maternal DP and infant temperament. Maternal personality and prenatal stress were significantly associated with all dimensions of infant temperament. The strongest predictors for a more difficult temperament were prenatal stress (β=0.12; 95% CI 0.08 to 0.15) and the personality dimensions neuroticism (β=0.10; 95% CI 0.07 to 0.14) and extraversion (β=-0.09; 95% CI -0.12 to -0.06). CONCLUSIONS: Associations of antenatal maternal diet and health aspects with infant temperament were statistically significant but small. While they should not be overinterpreted as being deterministic, the findings of this study support the link between maternal modifiable health-related behaviours and infant temperament outcomes.

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