Ye Peng, Hein M Tun, Siew C Ng, Hogan Kok-Fung Wai, Xi Zhang, Jaclyn Parks, Catherine J Field, Piush Mandhane, Theo J Moraes, Elinor Simons, Stuart E Turvey, Padmaja Subbarao, Jeffrey R Brook, Tim K Takaro, James A Scott, Francis Kl Chan, Anita L Kozyrskyj
Childhood obesity is linked to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Gut microbiota may partially mediate this association and could be potential targets for intervention; however, its role is understudied. We included 1,592 infants from the Canadian Healthy Infants Longitudinal Development Cohort. Data on environmental exposure and lifestyle factors were collected prenatally and throughout the first three years. Weight outcomes were measured at one and three years of age. Stool samples collected at 3 and 12 months were analyzed by sequencing the V4 region of 16S rRNA to profile microbial compositions and magnetic resonance spectroscopy to quantify the metabolites...
2024: Gut Microbes