Maternal body mass, proportional weight gain, and fetal growth in parous women
Shepard M, Bakketeig L, Jacobsen G, O'Connor T, Bracken M. Maternal body mass, proportional weight gain, and fetal growth in parous women. Paediatric And Perinatal Epidemiology 1996, 10: 207-219. PMID: 8778693, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1996.tb00044.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexMaternal body mass indexProportional weight gainFetal growthFetal growth rateWeight gainHigh body mass index groupBody mass index groupsAverage body mass indexLower body mass indexMaternal weight gainWeeks of gestationFetal ultrasound measurementsStudy time periodPrepregnant weightParous womenMass indexWeek 17Fetal abdomenWeek 25Week 33Index groupTransverse diameterMaternal body massUltrasound measurements