Maternal obesity, length of gestation, risk of postdates pregnancy and spontaneous onset of labour at term

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 720-725

  Denison, F C ^a,d   Price, J ^b   Graham, C ^c   Wild, S ^b   Liston, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Length of gestation; Spontaneous onset labour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED;

EID: 41949087060     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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