Associations of the pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with pregnancy outcomes in Taiwanese women

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-87

  Tsai, I Hsien ^a,b   Chen, Chih Ping ^b   Sun, Fang Ju ^b,c   Wu, Chia Hsun ^b   Yeh, Sung Ling ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Gestational weight gain (GWG); Low birth weight; Pre pregnancy weight; Pregnancy outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860348373     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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