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ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 27, Issue 6, Pages 620-630Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1010539515589810
Keywords
prepregnancy BMI; gestational weight gain; joint effect; pregnancy outcomes
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To investigate the single and joint effects of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) on pregnancy outcomes, electronic medical records of 14 196 women who delivered singleton live infant at a maternal and child health hospital in Beijing, China, in 2012 were reviewed. Logistic regression was used to assess the associations, adjusting for maternal age, height, education, parity, and offspring sex. Women of high prepregnancy BMI or excessive GWG had higher risks of gestational diabetes mellitus, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, postpartum hemorrhage, caesarean delivery, macrosomia, and large for gestational age infant, while women of inadequate GWG had higher risks of preterm delivery, low birth weight, and small for gestational age infant. Findings suggest that antenatal care providers should help pregnant women control their GWG to normal.
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