Open AccessPrevalence of metabolic syndrome markers among women at 1-year postpartum as per prepregnancy body mass index status: A longitudinal study
Author(s) -
Neha Kajale,
Vaman Khadilkar,
Shashi Chiplonkar,
Raja Padidela,
Anuradha Khadilkar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_145_17
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , overweight , anthropometry , obesity , obstetrics , metabolic syndrome , pregnancy , gynecology , biology , genetics
Maternal body composition (BC) changes during lactation. Increased prepregnancy obesity is associated with poor obstetric outcomes. The aim was to study changes in maternal BC postpartum (PP) to 1-year PP with reference to their prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) status.