Comparison of gestational weight gain z-scores and traditional weight gain measures in relation to perinatal outcomes

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-21

  Bodnar, Lisa M ^a,b,c   Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^d   Parisi, Sara M ^a   Pugh, Sarah J ^a   Abrams, Barbara ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

pregnancy; preterm birth; weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920018687     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12168     Document Type: Article

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