The Effect of Gestational Weight Gain by Body Mass Index on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-35

  Crane, Joan M G ^a   White, Joanne ^a   Murphy, Phil ^b   Burrage, Lorraine ^b   Hutchens, Donna ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Eastern Health Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Gestational weight gain; Maternal outcome; Neonatal outcome; Obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABOR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORBIDLY OBESE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEONATAL METABOLIC ABNORMALITY; NEONTAL OUTCOME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NORMAL WEIGHT; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PARITY; PARTNERED STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREPREGNANCY; SINGLETON GESTATION; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBID OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 63149108578     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34050-6     Document Type: Article

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