Caesarean delivery, caesarean delivery on maternal request and childhood overweight: A Chinese birth cohort study of 181380 children

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Li, H ^a   Ye, R ^a   Pei, L ^b   Ren, A ^a   Zheng, X ^b   Liu, J ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; caesarean delivery; children; overweight.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH COHORT; CAESAREAN DELIVERY; CHILDREN; OVERWEIGHT.;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84900546725     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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