Maternal obesity in early pregnancy and risk of adverse outcomes.

To assess the role of the health consequences of maternal overweight and obesity at the start of pregnancy on gestational pathologies, delivery and newborn characteristics.A cohort of pregnant women (n = 6.558) having delivered at the Maternal & Child University Hospital of Gran Canaria (HUMIGC)...

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Main Authors: Inmaculada Bautista-Castaño, Patricia Henriquez-Sanchez, Nestor Alemán-Perez, Jose J Garcia-Salvador, Alicia Gonzalez-Quesada, Jose A García-Hernández, Luis Serra-Majem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3835325?pdf=render