Effects of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on maternal and infant complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The potential effects of pre-pregnancy body mass (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) on pregnancy outcomes remain unclear. Thus, we investigated socio-demographic characteristics that affect pre-pregnancy BMIs and GWG and the effects of pre-pregnancy BMI and GWG on Chinese maternal and infant complications.

Methods

3172 women were enrolled in the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study-Peking Union Medical College from July 25, 2017 to July 24, 2018, whose babies were delivered before December 31, 2018. Regression analysis was employed to evaluate the socio-demographic characteristics affecting pre-pregnancy BMI and GWG values and their effects on adverse maternal and infant complications.

Results

Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336408 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature