Height and risk of severe pre-eclampsia. A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 858-863

  Basso, Olga ^a   Wilcox, Allen J ^b   Weinberg, Clarice R ^b   Baird, Donna D ^b   Olsen, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Height; Pre eclampsia (severe); Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SHORT STATURE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 4644370288     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh116     Document Type: Article

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