Maternal and neonatal outcomes for pregnancies before and after gastric bypass surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interaction between maternal obesity, intrauterine environment and adverse clinical outcomes of newborns has been described.

Methods

Using statewide birth certificate data, this retrospective, matched-control cohort study compared paired birth weights and complications of infants born to women before and after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) and to matched obese non-operated women in several different groups. Women who had given birth to a child before and after RYGB (group 1; n=295 matches) and women with pregnancies after RYGB (group 2; n=764 matches) were matched to non-operated women based on age, body mass index (BMI) prior to both pregnancy and RYGB, mother's race, year of mother/s birth, date of infant births and birth order. In addition, birth weig

SUBMITTER: Adams TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5209789 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature