Neonatal and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants according to maternal body mass index: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Maternal obesity is associated with an increase in maternal, foetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationships between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and (1) neonatal outcome in preterm infants, and (2) neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of corrected age.

Method

We conducted a single-centre cohort study. Infants born between 24+0 and 33+6 weeks of gestation between January 2009 and December 2013, hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care unit of Angers University Hospital, and with available data regarding maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index were eligible. Three groups were defined according to maternal body mass index: normal (n = 418), overweight (n = 136) and obese (n = 89). The primary outcome wa

SUBMITTER: Moreau M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6894768 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature