Is obesity still increasing among pregnant women? Prepregnancy obesity trends in 20 states, 2003-2009.
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Overall, prepregnancy obesity prevalence continues to increase and varies by race-ethnicity and maternal age and the need to address obesity as a key component of preconception care, particularly among high-risk groups is highlighted.About:
This article is published in Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2013-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 236 citations till now.read more
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity in the United States
Kylea L. Liese,Mulubrhan F. Mogos,Sarah Abboud,Karen Decocker,Abigail R. Koch,Stacie E. Geller +5 more
TL;DR: It is found black women have the highest proportion of SMM across all pregnancy intervals with a 70% greater risk ofSMM during AP after adjusting for all cofactors, and in the PP period, Hispanic women’s risk of SMm is 19% less when compared to white women.
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Obesity and Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Postpartum: an Evidence Review of Lifestyle Interventions to Inform Maternal and Child Health Policies.
TL;DR: In this article, a review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses investigating the effects of lifestyle interventions on GWG or PPWR was conducted (Jan 2009-2018) via electronic searches in the databases Medline, Pubmed, Web of Science and Cochrane Library using all keywords related to obesity/weight gain/loss, pregnancy or postpartum and lifestyle interventions;15 relevant reviews were selected.
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Pregnancy and cardiovascular disease.
TL;DR: The epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of cardiometabolic diseases acquired or presenting during pregnancy, including hypertensive disorders, gestational diabetes mellitus, thromboembolic disorders and peripartum cardiomyopathy are discussed.
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Effect of Maternal Obesity on Placental Lipid Metabolism.
Virtu Calabuig-Navarro,Virtu Calabuig-Navarro,Maricela Haghiac,Judi Minium,Patricia A. Glazebrook,Geraldine Cheyana Ranasinghe,Charles L. Hoppel,Sylvie Hauguel deMouzon,Patrick M. Catalano,Patrick M. Catalano,Perrie O'Tierney-Ginn,Perrie O'Tierney-Ginn +11 more
TL;DR: Changes in placental lipid metabolism may serve to limit the amount of maternal lipid transferred to the fetus, restraining excess fetal adiposity in this population of glucose-tolerant women.
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Hypertension in Pregnancy: Diagnosis, Blood Pressure Goals, and Pharmacotherapy: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
TL;DR: In this article , a review of current literature on hypertension in pregnancy is presented, which includes normal physiological changes in pregnancy that may affect clinical presentation of hypertension and the pathophysiology of preeclampsia, an HDP commonly associated with proteinuria and increasingly recognized as a heterogeneous disease with different clinical phenotypes and likely distinct pathological mechanisms.
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