Association between maternal overweight or obesity and cerebral palsy in children: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Context

There is no consensus regarding the association between maternal obesity or overweight and cerebral palsy (CP) in children.

Objectives

To investigate whether maternal obesity or overweight is associated with CP and identify the factors that explain the differences in the study results.

Data sources

We conducted a meta-analysis of studies published in English with titles or abstracts that discussed the relationships between maternal obesity or overweight and CP before August 23, 2017, using Ovid Medline, EMBASE and Web of Science.

Study selection

Of 2699 initially identified studies, 8 studies that addressed the association between maternal obesity and CP met our final inclusion criteria.

Data extraction

Information from the individual studies was

SUBMITTER: Xiao D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191132 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature