Open AccessMaternal Body Weight And Relation To Birth Weight
Author(s) -
Rössner Stephan,
Öhlin Agneta
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349009013321
Subject(s) - medicine , birth weight , pregnancy , body weight , obstetrics , low birth weight , biology , genetics
In The Stockholm Pregnancy and Weight Development Study the relationships between birth weight and maternal initial body weight as well as weight increase during pregnancy were analysed in 2,295 subjects. As expected, the most important predictor of birth weight was total maternal weight increase, followed by initial maternal body weight. However, in women with an initial BMI value above 24 kg/m 2 , birth weight did not increase significantly in tact with maternal weight. The frequency of cesarean sections, 12% overall, was not significantly increased with maternal body weight. These data show that birth weight increases with maternal weight only up to the upper normal body weight.