A comparison of South Asian specific and established BMI thresholds for determining obesity prevalence in pregnancy and predicting pregnancy complications: Findings from the Born in Bradford cohort

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 444-450

  Bryant, M ^a,b   Santorelli, G ^b   Lawlor, D A ^c   Farrar, D ^b   Tuffnell, D ^b   Bhopal, R ^d   Wright, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adverse birth outcomes; BMI; criteria; cut off; obesity; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HOSPITAL; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84896314297     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.117     Document Type: Article

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