2015
Weight Gain After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and All-Cause Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Playdon MC, Bracken MB, Sanft TB, Ligibel JA, Harrigan M, Irwin ML. Weight Gain After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and All-Cause Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2015, 107: djv275. PMID: 26424778, PMCID: PMC4715249, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBreast cancer-specific mortalityCancer-specific mortalityCause mortalityWeight gainBreast cancer diagnosisBreast cancerStage I-IIIC breast cancerSystematic reviewPrediagnosis body mass indexWomen age 18 yearsPostdiagnosis weight gainCancer diagnosisCause mortality ratesBreast cancer mortalityAge 18 yearsWeb of ScienceCohort studyRecurrence outcomesMass indexCancer mortalityClinical trialsHigh riskMortality rateBody weight
2000
Prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain as risk factors for preeclampsia and transient hypertension
Saftlas A, Wang W, Risch H, Woolson R, Hsu C, Bracken M. Prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain as risk factors for preeclampsia and transient hypertension. Annals Of Epidemiology 2000, 10: 475. PMID: 11018413, DOI: 10.1016/s1047-2797(00)00167-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrepregnancy body mass indexGestational weight gainBody mass indexRisk of preeclampsiaTransient hypertensionRisk factorsWeight gainObese womenMass indexHigh gestational weight gainNormal BMI subjectsProspective cohort studyStrong risk factorImmediate postpartum periodMild risk factorDelivery chartsUnderweight womenCohort studyPrepregnancy obesityBMI categoriesWeeks' gestationHighest quartilePrenatal careObserved weight gainPostpartum period
1998
Maternal anthropometric factors and risk of primary cesarean delivery.
Shepard M, Saftlas A, Leo-Summers L, Bracken M. Maternal anthropometric factors and risk of primary cesarean delivery. American Journal Of Public Health 1998, 88: 1534-8. PMID: 9772858, PMCID: PMC1508477, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.88.10.1534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCesarean deliveryPrimary cesarean deliveryMass indexWeight gainPrepregnancy weightProportional weight gainUnderweight womenPrepregnancy body mass indexBody mass index groupsHigher body mass indexMaternal anthropometric factorsGestational weight gainOutcome risk factorsGreater New HavenAbsolute weight gainSingleton deliveriesGestational weightVaginal deliveryProspective studyPrimary cesareanRisk factorsRelative riskAnthropometric factorsIndex group
1996
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
1986
Proportional weight gain and complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery in healthy women of normal prepregnant stature
Shepard M, Hellenbrand K, Bracken M. Proportional weight gain and complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery in healthy women of normal prepregnant stature. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 1986, 155: 947-954. PMID: 3619994, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(86)90323-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplications of pregnancyProlonged second stageProportional weight gainWeight gainMultigravid womenHealthy womenYale-New Haven HospitalEarly prenatal visitPreexisting chronic diseaseAdverse neonatal outcomesMajor congenital malformationsSignificant risk factorsDays of deliveryHealth maintenance organizationGestational hypertensionPrepregnant weightNeonatal outcomesCesarean sectionFourfold riskPrenatal visitPrimigravid womenHospital clinicQuetelet indexRisk factorsChronic diseases