Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy are one of the main causes of maternal death worldwide, particularly complications of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Although etiology remains unknown, deficiencies in specific nutrients have been proposed as contributing to the pathophysiology of the disease, suggesting...
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Greater adherence to maternal diet quality before pregnancy was associated with a lower risk of offspring underweight after adjustment for potential confounders, highest vs lowest quartile (RRR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.49, 0.96). Higher adherence to pre-pregnancy diet quality was also inversely associated...
Possible mechanisms by which maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) programs offspring mental disorders in late childhood are not fully clarified. To assess the association between maternal BMI and mental health problems at 11 years old, we used data from the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort which...
To analyze whether there is an association between pre-pregnancy lipid parameters and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women undergoing assisted reproductive technologies (ART), a group especially at risk for GDM, and if so, which parameter is associated the strongest. Methods Data was collecte...
Multiple pregnancy (twins or more)--add 500 calories & 30 g. protein for each baby. The above information is reprinted and adapted from the work of Agnes Higgins, and Gail Brewer's "The Complete Pregnancy Diet: Meeting Your Special Needs" from Eating for Two, by Isaac Cronin and Gail ...
We aimed to explore which pre-pregnancy BMI cut-offs of obesity, either BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 as recommended by the WHO for Asians or BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 as suggested by the Working Group on Obesity in China (WGOC), best predicts the risk of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. Methods We...
In the first model, we have adjusted for other parental BMI and offspring's sex. In the second model, we have added maternal factors around pregnancy (family annual income, maternal educational attainment, maternal age at birth, smoking during pregnancy and gestational weight gain) and paternal ...
pregnancy via action on the uterine cells. FSH is the primary regulator of the DF. The increase in plasma FSH that occurs during the late luteal and earlyfollicular phasesof the menstrual cycle is the basis for DF selection in women. LH andhuman chorionic gonadotrophinalso have fundamental ...