Obesity trends and perinatal outcomes in black and white teenagers

Objective Our objective was to explore the trends in prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) for black and white teenagers over time and the association between elevated BMI and outcomes based on race. Study Design This was a retrospective cohort study of singleton infants (n = 38,158) born to black (34%...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012-12, Vol.207 (6), p.492.e1-492.e7
Hauptverfasser:	Halloran, Donna R., MD, MSPH, Marshall, Nicole E., MD, MCR, Kunovich, Robert M., PhD, Caughey, Aaron B., MD, MPH, MPP, PhD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent African Americans - ethnology Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Cohort Studies European Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology Female Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Humans Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Missouri - epidemiology Obesity Obesity - ethnology Obesity - physiopathology Obstetrics and Gynecology outcome Overweight - ethnology Overweight - physiopathology Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications Pregnancy Outcome Prevalence Retrospective Studies
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective Our objective was to explore the trends in prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) for black and white teenagers over time and the association between elevated BMI and outcomes based on race. Study Design This was a retrospective cohort study of singleton infants (n = 38,158) born to black (34%) and white (66%) teenagers (
ISSN:	0002-9378 1097-6868
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajog.2012.09.023