Associations of polymetabolic risk of high maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index with pregnancy complications, birth outcomes, and early childhood neurodevelopment: findings from two pregnancy cohorts

Abstract Background A substantial proportion of maternal pregnancy complications, adverse birth outcomes and neurodevelopmental delay in children may be attributable to high maternal pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI). However, BMI alone is insufficient for the identification of all at-risk mothers...

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Main Authors: Polina Girchenko, Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen, Esa Hämäläinen, Hannele Laivuori, Pia M. Villa, Eero Kajantie, Katri Räikkönen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06274-9