Is birth weight modified during pregnancy? Using sibling differences to understand the impact of blood glucose, obesity, and maternal weight gain in gestational diabetes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 488-494

  Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^a   Platt, Robert W ^a,b   Meltzer, Sara J ^c   Egeland, Grace M ^b  

^a Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fixed effects model; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Pregnancy; Siblings

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33746565851     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.107     Document Type: Article

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