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Children were followed from their birth (2005\u20132014) until at least age 4 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200995,723), age 6 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200959,230) or age 8 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200925,261). Childhood asthma diagnosis at each age was determined using ICD\u20109\/10 codes and medication dispensings. Prepregnancy BMI (underweight [&lt;18.5], normal [18.5\u201324.9], overweight [25\u201329.9], obese [\u226530] kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>) were defined using height and weight measurements close to the last menstrual period date. Child's BMI (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BMI\u2010for\u2010age percentiles: underweight [&lt;5th], normal [5th\u201385th], overweight [85th\u201395th], obese [&gt;95th]) were obtained using anthropometric measurements taken the year preceding each follow\u2010up age. GWG (delivery weight\u2010prepregnancy weight) was categorised based on Institutes of Medicine recommendations (inadequate, adequate, excessive). Implementing first causal inference test (CIT) then causal mediator models (to decompose the natural direct and indirect effects), we examined the potential mediating effect of childhood BMI, GWG, and preterm birth on the association between prepregnancy BMI (continuous and categorical) and childhood asthma.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, risk of childhood asthma increased as prepregnancy BMI increased (age 4 risk ratio: 1.07, 95% confidence interval: 1.04, 1.09, per 5\u2009kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> increase in BMI; similar for age 6 and 8). CIT identified childhood BMI and preterm birth, but not GWG as potential mediators. Causal mediation models confirmed childhood BMI, but not preterm birth, as having a partial mediating effect. 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