Using appropriate pre-pregnancy body mass index cut points for obesity in the Chinese population: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Appropriate classification of obesity is vital for risk assessment and complication prevention during pregnancy. We aimed to explore which pre-pregnancy BMI cut-offs of obesity, either BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 as recommended by the WHO for Asians or BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 as suggested by the Worki...

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Main Authors: Yanxin Wu, Wai-Kit Ming, Dongyu Wang, Haitian Chen, Zhuyu Li, Zilian Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12958-018-0397-z