MAASTHI Publications

1. Babu GR, Murthy GV, Deepa R, Kumar HK, Karthik M, Deshpande K, Benjamin Neelon SE, Prabhakaran D, Kurpad A, Kinra S. Maternal antecedents of adiposity and studying the transgenerational role of hyperglycemia and insulin (MAASTHI): a prospective cohort study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2016 Dec;16(1):1-9.
2. Lobo E, Ana Y, Deepa R, Shriyan P, Sindhu ND, Karthik M, Kinra S, Murthy GV, Babu GR. Cohort profile: maternal antecedents of adiposity and studying the transgenerational role of hyperglycaemia and insulin (MAASTHI). BMJ open. 2022 Sep 1;12(9):e063794.
3. Babu GR, Deepa R, Lewis MG, Lobo E, Krishnan A, Ana Y, Katon JG, Enquobahrie DA, Arah OA, Kinra S, Murthy GV. Do gestational obesity and gestational diabetes have an independent effect on neonatal adiposity? results of mediation analysis from a cohort study in South India. Clinical epidemiology. 2019 Dec 27:1067-80.
4. Babu GR, Mueller NT, Lewis MG, Krishnan A, Lobo E, Deepa R, Khetrapal S, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Delivery mode and altered infant growth at 1 year of life in India. Pediatric research. 2021 Dec;90(6):1251-7.
5. Babu GR, Das A, Lobo E, John DA, Thankachan P, Khetrapal S, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Murthy GV. Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-1.
6. Babu GR, Murthy GV, Reddy Y, Deepa R, Yamuna A, Prafulla S, Rathnaiah M, Kinra S. Small for gestational age babies and depressive symptoms of mothers during pregnancy: Results from a birth cohort in India. Wellcome open research. 2018;3.
7. Koya S, Babu GR, Iyer V, Yamuna A, Lobo E, Kinra S, Murthy GV. Determinants of breastfeeding practices and its association with infant anthropometry: Results from a prospective cohort study in South India. Frontiers in public health. 2020 Oct 14;8:492596.
8. Lobo E, Vivekanand PV, R Deepa, Babu GR. Development, design, and experience related to Android application-based data collection for the MAASTHI cohort study in India. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2020; 3 (1): 3-11.
9. Prafulla S, Anirudh S, Gangaborah, Thankachan P, Deepa R, Lobo E, Babu GR. Effect of exposure to ambient Particulate Matter (PM2.5) on Adverse Infant Outcomes: An ecological study. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2020; 2 (1): 7-11.
10. Ana Y, Lewis MG, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Is physical activity in pregnancy associated with prenatal and postnatal depressive symptoms?: Results from MAASTHI cohort study in South India. Journal of psychosomatic research. 2021 May 1;144:110390.
11. Ana Y, Prafulla S, Deepa R, Babu GR. Emerging and Public Health Challenges Existing in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes in Pregnancy. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics. 2021 Sep 1;50(3):513-30
12. Deepa R, Lewis MG, Van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Food habits in pregnancy and its association with gestational diabetes mellitus: results from a prospective cohort study in public hospitals of urban India. BMC nutrition. 2020 Dec;6:1-9.
13. Deepa R, Mandal S, Van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Vitamin B6 Levels and Impaired Folate Status but Not Vitamin B12 Associated with Low Birth Weight: Results from the MAASTHI Birth Cohort in South India. Nutrients. 2023 Apr 6;15(7):1793.
14. Shriyan P, Khetrapal S, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Maternal depressiveness and infant growth outcomes: Findings from the MAASTHI cohort study in India. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2023 Jul 1;170:111378.
15. Shriyan P, Sudhir P, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Association of high cortisol levels in pregnancy and altered fetal growth. Results from the MAASTHI, a prospective cohort study, Bengaluru. The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia. 2023 Apr 13.
16. Babu GR, Murthy GV, Deepa R, Ana Y, Prafulla S, Kinra S. Feasibility of setting up a birth cohort and screening Gestational Hyperglycemia in Public health facilities in Bengaluru, India. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2018;3(3).
17. Babu GR, Murthy GV, Singh N, Nath A, Rathnaiah M, Saldanha N, Deepa R, Kinra S. Sociodemographic and medical risk factors associated with antepartum depression. Frontiers in Public Health. 2018 May 2;6:127.
18. Babu GR, Karthik M, Ravi D, Ana Y, Shriyan P, Hasige KK, Deshpande K, Siddlingaiah LB, Kinra S, Murthy GV. What makes the pregnant women revisit public hospitals for research? Participant engagement and retention trial in a public hospital (PERTH): an RCT protocol. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2018 Dec;18:1-8.
19. Shriyan P, Babu GR, Ravi D, Ana Y, van Schayck OC, Thankachan P, Murthy GV. Ambient and indoor air pollution in pregnancy and the risk of low birth weight and ensuing effects in infants (apple): a cohort study in Bangalore, South India. Wellcome Open Research. 2020 Jun 4;3:133-.
20. Babu GR, Murthy GV, Ana Y, Patel P, Deepa R, Neelon SE, Kinra S, Reddy KS. Association of obesity with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in India: A meta-analysis of observational studies. World journal of diabetes. 2018 Jan 1;9(1):40.
21. Shriyan P, Koya S, Lobo E, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Psychosocial and sociodemographic factors associated with gestational blood glucose levels in women attending public hospitals: Results from baseline of MAASTHI cohort. PLOS ONE 2023 Nov 18(10): e0293414. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293414