Open AccessInterpregnancy Weight Change Among Mothers of a Child with a Major Congenital Anomaly: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Eyal Cohen,
Péter Szentkúti,
Erzsébet HorváthPuhó,
Hilary K. Brown,
Sonia M. Grandi,
Henrik Toft Sørensen,
Joel G. Ray
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s352889
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , odds ratio , cohort , pediatrics , singleton , birth weight , weight gain , low birth weight , body weight , genetics , biology
The mother of an infant with a major congenital anomaly is at a higher risk of premature cardiometabolic disease, possibly from chronic caregiver stress and distraction from self-care, including maintaining a healthy lifestyle and body weight.