Effects of Maternal Body Composition on Offspring Brain Structure and Function

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Brain Function

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01822067

134776

Details and patient eligibility

About

The specific aim of this study is to use MRI methods to evaluate and compare brain structure and function in two groups of full-term neonates at two-weeks of age: those born of obese mothers and those born to normal weight mothers.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 17 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the participant must be enrolled in the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (ACNC) Glowing study and be about 2 weeks of age +/- 3days

Exclusion criteria

• none specified

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Normal weight- Non Maternal obesity

Description:

Full-term neonates at 2 weeks of age born to normal weight mothers

Obese- Obese Mothers

Description:

Full-term neonates at two weeks of age born of obese mothers