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Impact of maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain on pregnancy complications: an individual participant data meta‐analysis of European, North American and Australian cohorts

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2019 · Vol. 126(8) · pp. 984–995

Susana Santos(Erasmus MC)Ellis Voerman(Erasmus MC)Pilar Amiano(Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute)Henrique Barros(i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto)Lawrence J. Beilin(University of Western Australia)Anna Bergström(Karolinska Institutet)Marie‐Aline Charles(Inserm)L. Chatzi(University of Southern California)Cécile Chevrier(Inserm)GP Chrousos(National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)Eva Corpeleijn(University of Groningen)O. A. Dalla Costa(Universitat de València)Nathalie Costet(Inserm)Sarah Crozier(University of Southampton)Graham Devereux(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)Myriam Doyon(Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke)Merete Eggesbø(Norwegian Institute of Public Health)MP Fantini(University of Bologna)Sara FarchiFrancesco ForastiereVagelis Georgiu(University of Crete)Keith M. Godfrey(University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust)Davide Gori(University of Bologna)Veit Grote(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)Wojciech Hanke(Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine)Irva Hertz‐Picciotto(University of California, Davis)Barbara Heude(Université Paris Cité)Marie‐France Hivert(Université de Sherbrooke)Daniel Hryhorczuk(Illinois College)R‐C Huang(University of Western Australia)Hazel Inskip(MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit)AM Karvonen(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)Louise C. Kenny(Cork University Hospital)Berthold Koletzko(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)Leanne K. Küpers(MRC Epidemiology Unit)Hanna Lagström(University of Turku)Irina Lehmann(Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)Per Magnus(Norwegian Institute of Public Health)Renata Majewska(Jagiellonian University)Johanna Mäkelä(Turku Centre for Biotechnology)Yannis Μanios(Harokopio University of Athens)Fionnuala M. McAuliffe(National Maternity Hospital)S W McDonald(University of Calgary)John Mehegan(University College Dublin)E. Melén(Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital)Monique Mommers(Maastricht University)CS Morgen(University of Copenhagen)George Moschonis(La Trobe University)David M. Murray(Cork University Hospital)Carol Ní Chaoimh(University College Cork)Ellen A. Nøhr(University of Southern Denmark)Anne‐Marie Nybo Andersen(University of Copenhagen)Emily Oken(Harvard Pilgrim Health Care)AJJM Oostvogels(GGD Amsterdam)Agnieszka Pac(Jagiellonian University)Eleni Papadopoulou(Norwegian Institute of Public Health)Juha Pekkanen(University of Helsinki)Costanza Pizzi(University of Turin)Kinga Polańska(Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine)Daniela PortaLorenzo Richiardi(University of Turin)SL Rifas‐Shiman(Harvard Pilgrim Health Care)Nel Roeleveld(Radboud University Medical Center)Luca Ronfani(IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo)Ana Cristina Santos(Universidade do Porto)Marie Standl(Helmholtz Zentrum München)Hein Stigum(Norwegian Institute of Public Health)Camilla Stoltenberg(University of Bergen)Elisabeth Thiering(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)Carel Thijs(Maastricht University)Maties Torrent(Parc de Salut)Suzanne Tough(University of Calgary)T Trnovec(Slovak Medical University)Steve Turner(Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital)Marleen M. H. J. van Gelder(Radboud University Medical Center)Lenie van Rossem(Utrecht University)Andrea von Berg(Marien Hospital Wesel)Martine Vrijheid(Pompeu Fabra University)Tanja G. M. Vrijkotte(Academic Medical Center)Jane West(Bradford Royal Infirmary)A. H. Wijga(National Institute for Public Health and the Environment)John Wright(Bradford Royal Infirmary)Олександр ЗвінчукTIA Sørensen(Novo Nordisk Foundation)Debbie A. Lawlor(MRC Epidemiology Unit)Romy Gaillard(Erasmus MC)VWV Jaddoe✉(Erasmus MC)

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Abstract

Promoting a healthy body mass index and gestational weight gain might reduce the population burden of pregnancy complications.

Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Birth, Development, and HealthBody mass indexPregnancyMeta-analysisIndex (typography)ObstetricsMedicineWeight gainGestationDemographyBody weight

MeSH terms

Gestational Weight GainAdultAustraliaBirth WeightEuropeFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornNorth AmericaPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsRisk FactorsCohort StudiesBody Mass Index