Did the grandmother’s exposure to environmental stress during pregnancy affect the birth body size of her grandchildren? The Polish evidence

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1081602X.2023.2290027" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1081602X.2023.2290027</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.2023.2290027" target="_blank" >10.1080/1081602X.2023.2290027</a>

Result language

čeština

Original language name

Did the grandmother’s exposure to environmental stress during pregnancy affect the birth body size of her grandchildren? The Polish evidence

Original language description

This study aimed to examine whether the exposure of grandmothers (G1s) pregnant with their daughters (G2s) to the harsh conditions of the First World War and the Great Depression influenced the perinatal outcomes of their grandchildren (G3s). We use the data on full-term live births in 1951–1953. The following cohorts are selected: grandmothers (G1s), mothers (G2s), and grandchildren (G3s: males and females). Birth body size (weight, length, and birth body mass index) of G3s born to G2s were compared considering G1s’ period of pregnancy: pre-WWI, WWI, post-WWI, and the Great Depression. We use ART ANOVA to assess statistical differences in birth weight, length, and BMI without and with controlling for cofactors, such as: G2s’ age at delivery, and G3’s gestational age, and birth order. The grandmother’s pregnancy during the harsh conditions of WW I and the Great Depression resulted in the blurring of dimorphic differences in the generation of grandchildren in terms of their birth body size, i.e. weight, length, and BMI. The results demonstrate the potential impact of harsh conditions experienced by grandmothers on the perinatal outcomes of their grandchildren. We do not specify the mechanisms of stress transmission to subsequent generations but assume these are likely to stem from epigenetic mechanisms and/or the G2 mothers’ biological status.

Czech name

Did the grandmother’s exposure to environmental stress during pregnancy affect the birth body size of her grandchildren? The Polish evidence

Czech description

This study aimed to examine whether the exposure of grandmothers (G1s) pregnant with their daughters (G2s) to the harsh conditions of the First World War and the Great Depression influenced the perinatal outcomes of their grandchildren (G3s). We use the data on full-term live births in 1951–1953. The following cohorts are selected: grandmothers (G1s), mothers (G2s), and grandchildren (G3s: males and females). Birth body size (weight, length, and birth body mass index) of G3s born to G2s were compared considering G1s’ period of pregnancy: pre-WWI, WWI, post-WWI, and the Great Depression. We use ART ANOVA to assess statistical differences in birth weight, length, and BMI without and with controlling for cofactors, such as: G2s’ age at delivery, and G3’s gestational age, and birth order. The grandmother’s pregnancy during the harsh conditions of WW I and the Great Depression resulted in the blurring of dimorphic differences in the generation of grandchildren in terms of their birth body size, i.e. weight, length, and BMI. The results demonstrate the potential impact of harsh conditions experienced by grandmothers on the perinatal outcomes of their grandchildren. We do not specify the mechanisms of stress transmission to subsequent generations but assume these are likely to stem from epigenetic mechanisms and/or the G2 mothers’ biological status.

Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10700 - Other natural sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

History of the Family

ISSN

1081-602X

e-ISSN

1873-5398

Volume of the periodical

29

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

157-181

UT code for WoS article

001116395800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85180000300