The interrelationship between ethnicity and obesity on obstetric outcomes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 1089-1093

  Ramos, Gladys A ^a,c   Caughey, Aaron B ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Box 0132 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Mode of delivery; Obesity; Perinatal outcomes; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24644524589     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.06.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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