SHAPES IPD Collaborators

Author Information	Institution	Country	Publication
Professor Jeffrey Backstrand	Rutgers University	Mexico	Backstrand, J. R. (1995). "Annex: Maternal anthropometry as a risk predictor of pregnancy outcome: the Nutrition CRSP in Mexico." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 73 Suppl: 96-98.
Professor Amanda Henry and Dr Michelle Bai	University of New South Wales	Australia	Bai, M., Susic, D., O’Sullivan, A. J., & Henry, A. (2020). Reproducibility of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Pregnancy and the Association of Body Composition with the Risk of Gestational Diabetes: A Substudy of MUMS Cohort. Journal of Obesity, 2020.
Professor Dilys Freeman and Dr Jack Beazer	University of Glasgow	Scotland	Jarvie, E. M., Stewart, F. M., Ramsay, J. E., Brown, E. A., Meyer, B. J., Olivecrona, G., ... & Freeman, D. J. (2020). Maternal adipose tissue expansion, a missing link in the prediction of birth weight centile. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 105(3), e814-e825. Stewart FM , Freeman DJ, Ramsay JE, Greer IA, Caslake M, Ferrell WR. Longitudinal assessment of maternal endothelial function and markers of inflammation and placental function throughout pregnancy in lean and obese mothers. J Clin Endocrinol Metab.2007;92(3):969–975.
Professor Marie-France Hivert and Dr Myriam Doyon	Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS)	Canada	Lacroix, M., et al. (2016). "Higher maternal leptin levels at second trimester are associated with subsequent greater gestational weight gain in late pregnancy." BMC pregnancy and childbirth 16: 62.
Professor Laura Beatriz López and Dr Elvira Beatriz Calvo	Antenatal clinics in seven different urban regions in Argentina	Argentina	López LB, Calvo EB, Poy MS, Balmaceda Y, Cámera K. Changes in skinfolds and mid-upper arm circumference during pregnancy in Argentine women. Matern Child Nutr. 2011 Jul;7(3):253-62. Calvo E, López LB, Balmaceda Y, Barrientos E, Berlingueres S, Cámera K, Garciarena S, González K, Quintana L, Poy M. Reference charts for weight gain and body mass index during pregnancy obtained from a healthy cohort. J Mater Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jan;22(1):36-42.
Dr Gillian Maher; Dr Fergus McCarthy; Prof Jenny Myers	SCOPE Consortium: University of Cork; University of Manchester	Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland	List of SCOPE publications: https://www.medscinet.net/scope/Research_publications.aspx
Dr Rima Irwinda	Budi Kemuliaan Hospital, and Arifin Achmad Hospital, Indonesia. Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	Wibowo, N., Irwinda, R., & Rachman, L. (2020). First trimester maternal upper arm circumference correlated to placental size and neonatal anthropometry. Medical Journal of Indonesia, 29(1), 38-41.
The STORK Groruddalen study: Dr Christine Somme, Dr Anja Maria Lyche Brænd; Professor Anne Karen Jenum and Dr Gunn-Helen Øiseth Moen	University of Oslo	Norway	Dr Christine Somme, Dr Anja Maria Lyche Brænd, and Professor Anne Karen Jenum from The STORK Groruddalen study. Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway. Sommer, C., et al. (2015). "Ethnic differences in BMI, subcutaneous fat, and serum leptin levels during and after pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes." European journal of endocrinology 172(6): 649-656. Sommer, C., Sletner, L., Mørkrid, K. et al. Effects of early pregnancy BMI, mid-gestational weight gain, glucose and lipid levels in pregnancy on offspring’s birth weight and subcutaneous fat: a population-based cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 15, 84 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0512-5 Waage CW, Falk RS, Sommer C, Mørkrid K, Richardsen KR, Baerug A, Shakeel N, Birkeland KI, Jenum AK. Ethnic differences in postpartum weight retention: a Norwegian cohort study. BJOG. 2016 Apr;123(5):699-708. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13321. Epub 2015 Feb 25. PMID: 25716276.
Dr Alexandre Rocha	Murialdo Teaching Health Center	Brazil	Rocha, A. D. S., Bernardi, J. R., Matos, S., Kretzer, D. C., Schöffel, A. C., Goldani, M. Z., & de Azevedo Magalhães, J. A. (2020). Maternal visceral adipose tissue during the first half of pregnancy predicts gestational diabetes at the time of delivery–a cohort study. PloS one, 15(4), e0232155. Bernardi JR, Silva Rocha A, re, et al. Modifiable predictors to maternal visceral adipose tissue during pregnancy: A clinical, demographic, and nutritional study. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research. 2021 2021;47(3):1023-1030.
Dr Kathy Redfern	Plymouth University	UK	Redfern KM, Holl, s HJ, et al. The relationship between gestational weight gain, maternal upper-body subcutaneous fat changes and infant birth size: A pilot observational study amongst women with obesity. Early Human Development. Mar 154:105307.
Professor Nicole Letourneau Associate Professor Laura Forbes and Dr Megan Jarman	University of Calgary; University of Guelph; Aston University	Canada	The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) Study: https://apronstudy.ca/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38830392/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31352413/ Additional papers from APrON: Patterns and trajectories of gestational weight gain: a prospective cohort study
Dr Jelena Šarac	Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia	Croatia	"Croatian Islands' Birth Cohort - CRIBS' https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/searchByContext/2/28789?TIP_RAD=1&PROJEKT=108
Dr Sarah Crozier	University of Southampton	UK	Inskip HM, Godfrey KM, Robinson SM, Law CM, Barker DJ, Cooper C; SWS Study Group. Cohort profile: The Southampton Women's Survey. Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Feb;35(1):42-8. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyi202. Epub 2005 Sep 29. PMID: 16195252;
Professor Régine P.M. Steegers-Theunissen	Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam	Netherlands	The Rotterdam periconception cohort (Predict study) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26224071/ Steegers-Theunissen RP, Verheijden-Paulissen JJ, van Uitert EM, Wildhagen MF, Exalto N, Koning AH, Eggink AJ, Duvekot JJ, Laven JS, Tibboel D, Reiss I, Steegers EA. Cohort Profile: The Rotterdam Periconceptional Cohort (Predict Study). Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Apr;45(2):374-81. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv147. Epub 2015 Jul 29. PMID: 26224071. Rousian M, Schoenmakers S, Eggink AJ, Gootjes DV, Koning AHJ, Koster MPH, Mulders AGMGJ, Baart EB, Reiss IKM, Laven JSE, Steegers EAP, Steegers-Theunissen RPM. Cohort Profile Update: the Rotterdam Periconceptional Cohort and embryonic and fetal measurements using 3D ultrasound and virtual reality techniques. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Nov 10;50(5):1426-1427l. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab030. PMID: 34097026; PMCID: PMC8580268. Hoek J, Schoenmakers S, van Duijn L, Willemsen SP, van Marion ES, Laven JSE, Baart EB, Steegers-Theunissen RPM. A higher preconceptional paternal body mass index influences fertilization rate and preimplantation embryo development. Andrology. 2022 Mar;10(3):486-494. doi: 10.1111/andr.13128. Epub 2021 Nov 25. PMID: 34779151; PMCID: PMC9299449.
Dr. Gabriele Piuri and Prof Enrico Mario Ferrazz	University of Milan	Italy	Piuri, G., et al. (2016). "Longitudinal changes and correlations of bioimpedance and anthropometric measurements in pregnancy: Simple possible bed-side tools to assess pregnancy evolution." Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine: 1-7.
Professor Mahboube Taebi	University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IRAN	Iran	Taebi, M., et al. (2015). "Early pregnancy waist-to-hip ratio and risk of preeclampsia: a prospective cohort study." Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 38(1): 80-83.
Dr Aline Andres and Dr Eva Diaz	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	USA	Diaz, E.C., Williams, D.K., Howie, E.K. et al. Offspring sex modifies the association between early-pregnancy adiposity and 2-year-old physical activity—The Glowing Study. Int J Obes 48, 542–549 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-023-01446-7
Professor Roya Kelishadi and Dr Motahar Heidari-Beni	Isfahan University of Medical Sciences	Iran	The Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in Iran Birth Cohort (the PERSIAN Cohort Study) https://doi.org/10.1332/175795920X16062247639874 Maternal exposure to benzophenone derivatives and their impacts on offspring's birth outcomes in a Middle Eastern population A procedure for DNA methylation assessment in osteoporosis-related gene promoters of umbilical cord blood: A study on the Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in Iran (PERSIAN) birth cohort Association Between Dietary Phytochemical Index and Neonatal Thyroid Function Birth size outcomes in relation to maternal blood levels of some essential and toxic elements Interaction between maternal dietary fat intake, breast milk omega‐3 fatty acids and infant growth during the first year of life The Assessment of Neonatal Anthropometric Indices Association with Umbilical Cord Blood Zinc and Magnesium Levels Urinary Cadmium in Relation to Neonatal Anthropometric Indices during Pregnancy Monitoring of urinary phthalate metabolites among pregnant women in Isfahan, Iran: the PERSIAN birth cohort Association between parabens concentrations in human amniotic fluid and the offspring birth size: A Sub-study of the PERSIAN birth cohort Association of maternal exposure to bisphenol A with her β-hCG level and neonatal anthropometric measures The association of prenatal exposure to benzophenones with gestational age and offspring size at birth Effect of Maternal Triclosan Exposure on Neonatal Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study Investigating determinants of parabens concentration in maternal urine Urinary paraben concentrations and their implications for human exposure in Iranian pregnant women Association of maternal urinary concentration of parabens and neonatal anthropometric indices Association between maternal plasma total antioxidant capacity and dietary antioxidants intake with birth size outcomes Latent class analysis of knowledge, attitude, and practice of a population-based sample of Iranian pregnant women toward COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward COVID-19 among Persian Birth Cohort Participants
Professor Xilin Yang and Dr Ninghua Li	Tianjin Medical University	China	Han, Q., et al. (2017). "Interactions between general and central obesity in predicting gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese pregnant women: A prospective population-based study in Tianjin, China." Journal of diabetes.
Dr Paul Welsh and Dr Jack Beazer	University of Glasgow	UK	GOAL Study Publications: Fejzo M, Rocha N, Cimino I, Lockhart SM, Petry CJ, Kay RG, Burling K, Barker P, George AL, Yasara N, Premawardhena A, Gong S, Cook E, Rimmington D, Rainbow K, Withers DJ, Cortessis V, Mullin PM, MacGibbon KW, Jin E, Kam A, Campbell A, Polasek O, Tzoneva G, Gribble FM, Yeo GSH, Lam BYH, Saudek V, Hughes IA, Ong KK, Perry JRB, Sutton Cole A, Baumgarten M, Welsh P, Sattar N, Smith GCS, Charnock-Jones DS, Coll AP, Meek CL, Mettananda S, Hayward C, Mancuso N, O'Rahilly S. GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Nature. 2024 Jan;625(7996):760-767. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06921-9. Epub 2023 Dec 13. PMID: 38092039; PMCID: PMC10808057. Vieira MC, White SL, Patel N, Seed PT, Briley AL, Sandall J, Welsh P, Sattar N, Nelson SM, Lawlor DA, Poston L, Pasupathy D; UPBEAT Consortium. Prediction of uncomplicated pregnancies in obese women: a prospective multicentre study. BMC Med. 2017 Nov 3;15(1):194. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0956-8. PMID: 29096631; PMCID: PMC5669007. White SL, Lawlor DA, Briley AL, Godfrey KM, Nelson SM, Oteng-Ntim E, Robson SC, Sattar N, Seed PT, Vieira MC, Welsh P, Whitworth M, Poston L, Pasupathy D; UPBEAT Consortium. Early Antenatal Prediction of Gestational Diabetes in Obese Women: Development of Prediction Tools for Targeted Intervention. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 8;11(12):e0167846. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167846. PMID: 27930697; PMCID: PMC5145208. Poston L, Bell R, Croker H, Flynn AC, Godfrey KM, Goff L, Hayes L, Khazaezadeh N, Nelson SM, Oteng-Ntim E, Pasupathy D, Patel N, Robson SC, Sandall J, Sanders TA, Sattar N, Seed PT, Wardle J, Whitworth MK, Briley AL; UPBEAT Trial Consortium. Effect of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT study): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Oct;3(10):767-77. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00227-2. Epub 2015 Jul 9. PMID: 26165396. White SL, Begum S, Vieira MC, Seed P, Lawlor DL, Sattar N, Nelson SM, Welsh P, Pasupathy D, Poston L; UPBEAT Consortium. Metabolic phenotyping by treatment modality in obese women with gestational diabetes suggests diverse pathophysiology: An exploratory study. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 2;15(4):e0230658. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230658. PMID: 32240196; PMCID: PMC7117764.