Maternal obesity and risk of cesarean delivery: A meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 385-394

  Chu, S Y ^a,c   Kim, S Y ^a   Schmid, C H ^b   Dietz, P M ^a   Callaghan, W M ^a   Lau, J ^b   Curtis, K M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Maternal obesity; Pregnancy; Reproductive outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL OBESITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548019692     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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