Maternal obesity during pregnancy and cardiovascular development and disease in the offspring

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1141-1152

  Gaillard, Romy ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult cardiovascular risk factors; Adverse pregnancy outcomes; Childhood cardiovascular risk factors; Childhood obesity; Excessive gestational weight gain; Fetal death; Maternal obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MATERNAL OBESITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; MOTHER; OBESITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84951566819     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0085-7     Document Type: Review

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