Prepregnancy Weight and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Open Access
- 15 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (3), 147-152
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199801153380302
Abstract
Obesity before pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of several adverse outcomes of pregnancy. The risk profiles among lean, normal, or mildly overweight women are not, however, well established.Keywords
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