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Effect of Body Mass Index on pregnancy outcomes in nulliparous women delivering singleton babies
BMC Public Health · 2007 · Vol. 7(1) · pp. 168–168
Sohinee Bhattacharya✉(Aberdeen Maternity Hospital)Doris M. Campbell(Aberdeen Maternity Hospital)William A. Liston(MRC Centre for Reproductive Health)Siladitya Bhattacharya(Aberdeen Maternity Hospital)
Abstract
Increasing BMI is associated with increased incidence of pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, macrosomia, induction of labour and caesarean delivery; while underweight women had better pregnancy outcomes than women with normal BMI.
Gestational Diabetes Research and ManagementPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesBirth, Development, and HealthMedicineUnderweightBody mass indexOverweightObstetricsPregnancyPopulationCaesarean sectionObesityGynecology
MeSH terms
AdultCesarean SectionFemaleHumansLabor, InducedMaternal AgeObesityObesity, MorbidParityPre-EclampsiaPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPregnancy OutcomeRetrospective StudiesRisk Factors
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