Maternal weight gain rate in the second trimester are associated with birth weight and length of gestation

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-48

  Sekiya, Nobuko ^a   Anai, Takanobu ^a   Matsubara, Michiru ^a   Miyazaki, Fumiko ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Length of gestation; Maternal weight gain; Pre pregnancy weight; Second trimester; Small for gestational age infant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERM BIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNDERWEIGHT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33845926391     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095286     Document Type: Article

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