Prepregnancy weight and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Bergström, Reinhold ^a,b   Lipworth, Loren ^a,c   Kramer, Michael S ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 0032518758     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199801153380302     Document Type: Article

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