Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain, and age at menarche in daughters

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1391-1398

  Deardorff, Julianna ^a   Berry Millett, Rachel ^a   Rehkopf, David ^b   Luecke, Ellen ^a   Lahiff, Maureen ^a   Abrams, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cohort studies; Menarche; Pregnancy; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN; ARTICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84885949328     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1139-z     Document Type: Article

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