Risk of major congenital malformations in relation to maternal overweight and obesity severity: Cohort study of 1.2 million singletons

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 357, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Persson, Martina ^a,b   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Villamor, Eduardo ^a,c   Söderling, Jonas ^a   Pasternak, Björn ^a,d   Stephansson, Olof ^a   Neovius, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MOUTH MALFORMATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWEDEN; THINNESS;

EID: 85020831866     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2563     Document Type: Article

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