Gestational weight gain among American Samoan women and its impact on delivery and infant outcomes

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hawley, Nicola L ^a   Johnson, William ^b   Hart, Chantelle N ^c   Triche, Elizabeth W ^d   Ah Ching, John ^e   Muasau Howard, Bethel ^e   McGarvey, Stephen T ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LBJ Tropical Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

American Samoa; Birth size; Cesarean delivery; Gestational weight gain; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SAMOA; AMERICAN SAMOAN; ARTICLE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMERICAN SAMOA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924228606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0451-1     Document Type: Article

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