Association Between Maternal Body Mass Index in Early Pregnancy and Incidence of Cerebral Palsy | Zendy

Eduardo Villamor | Zendy; Kristina Tedroff | Zendy; Mark D. Peterson | Zendy; Stefan Johansson | Zendy; Martin Neovius | Zendy; Gunnar Petersson | Zendy; Sven Cnattingius | Zendy

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Association Between Maternal Body Mass Index in Early Pregnancy and Incidence of Cerebral Palsy

Author(s) -

Eduardo Villamor,

Kristina Tedroff,

Mark D. Peterson,

Stefan Johansson,

Martin Neovius,

Gunnar Petersson,

Sven Cnattingius

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2017.0945

Subject(s) - medicine , cerebral palsy , body mass index , underweight , pediatrics , overweight , pregnancy , obstetrics , gestational age , incidence (geometry) , population , hazard ratio , physical therapy , confidence interval , physics , environmental health , biology , optics , genetics

Maternal overweight and obesity are associated with increased risks of preterm delivery, asphyxia-related neonatal complications, and congenital malformations, which in turn are associated with increased risks of cerebral palsy. It is uncertain whether risk of cerebral palsy in offspring increases with maternal overweight and obesity severity and what could be possible mechanisms.

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