ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2016
Body Mass Index as a Measure of Obesity: Racial Differences in Predictive Value for Health Parameters During Pregnancy.
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- Pre-pregnancy underweight and obesity are positively associated with small-for-gestational-age infants in a Chinese population.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- The Association of County-level Structural Racism with Risk Factors for Negative Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes among Non-Hispanic Black People of Childbearing Age.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Preconception Health Risk Factors and Access to Care.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- Longitudinal associations between sleep and BMI in a low-income, predominantly Black American sample.Sleep health · 2023Article
- Race, Body Mass Index, and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- Maternal Serum Cytokine Concentrations in Healthy Pregnancy and Preeclampsia.Journal of pregnancy · 2021Review
- Obesity and Race May Explain Differential Burden of White Matter Hyperintensity Load.Clinical interventions in aging · 2021Article
- The association of maternal obesity and race with serum adipokines in pregnancy and postpartum: Implications for gestational weight gain and infant birth weight.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs a measure of obesity, body mass index (BMI; kg/m
methodsOne hundred five pregnant women (40 European American, 65 African American) were assessed during the second trimester. BMI was defined as per prepregnancy weight. Electrochemiluminescence and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were used to quantify IL-6 and CRP, respectively. Birth outcomes were determined by medical record review.
resultsWomen of both races classified as obese had higher serum IL-6 and CRP than their normal-weight counterparts (ps ≤ 0.01). However, among women with overweight, elevations in IL-6 (p < 0.01) and CRP (p = 0.06) were observed among European Americans, but not African Americans (ps ≥ 0.61). Maternal obesity was a significantly better predictor of cesarean section among European Americans versus African Americans (p = 0.03) and BMI was associated with infant birth weight among European Americans (p < 0.01), but not African Americans (p = 0.94). Effects remained after controlling for gestational age at delivery, gestational diabetes, and gestational weight gain as appropriate.
conclusionsBMI may be a less valid predictor of correlates of overweight/obesity among African Americans versus European Americans during pregnancy. This should be considered in epidemiological studies of maternal-child health. In addition, studies examining the comparative validity of alternative/complementary measures to define obesity in pregnancy are warranted to inform clinical care.
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