TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal obesity and the risk of infant death in the United States
AU - Chen, Aimin
AU - Feresu, Shingairai A.
AU - Fernández, Cristina F.
AU - Rogan, Walter J.
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Maternal obesity (defined as prepregnancy body mass index [BMI] ≥30 kg/m) is associated with increased risk of neonatal death. Its association with infant death, postneonatal death, and cause-specific infant death is less well-characterized. METHODS: We studied the association between maternal obesity and the risk of infant death by using 1988 US National Maternal and Infant Health Survey data. A case-control analysis of 4265 infant deaths and 7293 controls was conducted using SUDAAN software. Self-reported prepregnancy BMI and weight gain were used in the primary analysis, whereas weight variables in medical records were used in a subset of 4308 women. RESULTS: Compared with normal weight women (prepregnancy BMI = 18.5-24.9 kg/m) who gained 0.30 to 0.44 kg/wk during pregnancy, obese women had increased risk of neonatal death and overall infant death. For obese women who had weight gain during pregnancy of
AB - BACKGROUND: Maternal obesity (defined as prepregnancy body mass index [BMI] ≥30 kg/m) is associated with increased risk of neonatal death. Its association with infant death, postneonatal death, and cause-specific infant death is less well-characterized. METHODS: We studied the association between maternal obesity and the risk of infant death by using 1988 US National Maternal and Infant Health Survey data. A case-control analysis of 4265 infant deaths and 7293 controls was conducted using SUDAAN software. Self-reported prepregnancy BMI and weight gain were used in the primary analysis, whereas weight variables in medical records were used in a subset of 4308 women. RESULTS: Compared with normal weight women (prepregnancy BMI = 18.5-24.9 kg/m) who gained 0.30 to 0.44 kg/wk during pregnancy, obese women had increased risk of neonatal death and overall infant death. For obese women who had weight gain during pregnancy of
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U2 - 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181878645
DO - 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181878645
M3 - Article
C2 - 18813025
AN - SCOPUS:66149122714
SN - 1044-3983
VL - 20
SP - 74
EP - 81
JO - Epidemiology
JF - Epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -