Cause-Specific Stillbirth and Neonatal Death According to Prepregnancy Obesity and Early Gestational Weight Gain: A Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort

Cause-Specific Stillbirth and Neonatal Death According to Prepregnancy Obesity and Early Gestational Weight Gain: A Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort

Maternal obesity is associated with impaired fetal and neonatal survival, but underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We examined how prepregnancy BMI and early gestational weight gain (GWG) were associated with cause-specific stillbirth and neonatal death. In 85,822 pregnancies in the Danish N...

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Main Authors: Ellen Aagaard Nohr, Sanne Wolff, Helene Kirkegaard, Chunsen Wu, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Jørn Olsen, Bodil Hammer Bech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
fetal death
stillbirth
neonatal death
pregnancy
obesity
body mass index
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/5/1676

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