Maternal body mass index and risk of birth and maternal health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 758-770

  Rahman, M M ^a,b   Abe, S K ^a   Kanda, M ^a   Narita, S ^a   Rahman, M S ^a   Bilano, V ^a   Ota, E ^c   Gilmour, S ^a   Shibuya, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low and middle income countries; Maternal BMI; Population attributable risk; Pregnancy and health outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; HUMAN; INDIA; IRAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL OBESITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; UNDERWEIGHT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MATERNAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; THAILAND; THINNESS;

EID: 84938740535     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12293     Document Type: Article

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