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Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and macrosomia in a Canadian birth cohort

Angela Vinturache, Kathleen H. Chaput, Suzanne Tough

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine · 2016 · 39 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

Obesity in pregnancy increases the risk of delivery of a macrosomic infant in both primiparous and multiparous women. The maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes of macrosomic pregnancies are similar in obese and normal weight women.

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