Maternal adiposity - A determinant of perinatal and offspring outcomes?

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 679-688

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Relton, Caroline ^b   Sattar, Naveed ^c   Nelson, Scott M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 8; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DELIVERY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RELEASE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERNUTRITION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TWIN PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBESITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867668434     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2012.176     Document Type: Article

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