Maternal Obesity, Caesarean Delivery and Caesarean Delivery on Maternal Request: a Cohort Analysis from China

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 232-240

  Zhou, Yubo ^a   Blustein, Jan ^c,d   Li, Hongtian ^a   Ye, Rongwei ^a   Zhu, Liping ^b   Liu, Jianmeng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Care Center   (China)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; caesarean delivery; caesarean delivery on maternal request; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN DELIVERY ON MATERNAL REQUEST; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTIVE CESAREAN DELIVERY; EMERGENCY CESAREAN DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL OBESITY; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLICATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961382194     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12191     Document Type: Article

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