2025
Excessive gestational weight gain associated with higher risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories in the United States
Mcelfish P, Hawley N, Caldwell A, Selig J, Watson D, Gomez-Pomar E, Andersen J, Kraleti S, White L, Willis D, Langston K, Manning N, Callaghan-Koru J, Porter A, Brown C. Excessive gestational weight gain associated with higher risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories in the United States. Journal Of Gynecology Obstetrics And Human Reproduction 2025, 54: 103010. PMID: 40796020, PMCID: PMC12434902, DOI: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2025.103010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of cesarean deliveryPre-pregnancy body mass indexHigher risk of cesarean deliveryBody mass indexBody mass index categoriesCesarean deliveryGestational weight gainExcessive GWGAssociated with higher riskPre-pregnancyNational Center for Health StatisticsExcessive gestational weight gainCenter for Health StatisticsCesarean delivery riskHigher pre-pregnancy body mass indexRate of gestational weight gainMode of birthVital records dataRate of GWGSingleton term birthsJ-shaped relationshipHigh riskCephalic presentationProvider levelHealth Statistics
2023
Preterm birth among Pacific Islanders in the United States and the US‐affiliated Pacific Islands: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Wu B, Arslanian K, Nyhan K, Suss R, Mahoney M, McElfish P, Muasau‐Howard B, Ekeroma A, Hawley N. Preterm birth among Pacific Islanders in the United States and the US‐affiliated Pacific Islands: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Birth 2023, 50: 287-299. PMID: 37060205, PMCID: PMC10577805, DOI: 10.1111/birt.12713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthPooled prevalencePacific Islander subgroupsWhite womenRisk factorsPacific IslandersPre-pregnancy body mass indexUS-Affiliated Pacific IslandsBody mass indexHighest pooled prevalencePerinatal health disparitiesPreterm birth prevalencePreterm birth outcomesOutcomes of interestRandom-effects modelPacific Islander womenBirth outcomesMass indexObservational studyPooled estimatesBirth prevalenceHigher oddsSystematic reviewMarshallese womenHealth disparities
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