Maternal obesity and congenital heart defects: A population-based study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1543-1549

  Mills, James L ^a   Troendle, James ^a   Conley, Mary R ^a   Carter, Tonia ^a   Druschel, Charlotte M ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW YORK; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953059286     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28865     Document Type: Article

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