Social inequality in pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain in the first and second pregnancy among women in Sweden

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1154-1161

  Holowko, Natalie ^a   Chaparro, M Pia ^b   Nilsson, Karina ^c   Ivarsson, Anneli ^c   Mishra, Gita ^a   Koupil, Ilona ^b,d   Goodman, Anna ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

SWEDEN;

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; THINNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84949625604     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205598     Document Type: Article

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