effects of maternal body mass index on pregnancy outcome

• Published in: European journal of epidemiology Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 697 - 705
• Main Authors: Khashan, A. S, Kenny, L. C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.11.2009; Springer; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Birth Weight; Body fat; Body Mass Index; Cardiology; Cesarean section; Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data; Clinical outcomes; Cohort Studies; Epidemiology; Female; Fetal Macrosomia - epidemiology; Fetal Macrosomia - etiology; General aspects; Humans; Incidence; Infant Mortality; Infant, Newborn; Infectious Diseases; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic diseases; Miscellaneous; Mothers; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - epidemiology; Oncology; Overweight; Perinatal Epidemiology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy outcome; Public Health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk; Stillbirth; Stillbirth - epidemiology; Thinness - complications; Thinness - epidemiology; Underweight; United Kingdom - epidemiology; Young Adult; British Isles; British Isles, England, Greater Manchester, Manchester; Obesity; Body mass index; Preterm birth; Pregnancy outcome; Birthweight; Human; Prognosis; Pregnancy disorders; Nutrition disorder; Premature delivery; Epidemiology; Pregnancy; Mother; Prematurity; Evolution; Female; Birth weight; Woman; Nutritional status; Public health

The increasing prevalence of obesity is presenting a critical challenge to healthcare services. We examined the effect of Body Mass Index in early pregnancy on adverse pregnancy outcome. We performed a population register-based cohort study using data from the North Western Perinatal survey (N = 99,...