ArticleAmerican journal of perinatology2019
The Association between Maternal Height, Body Mass Index, and Perinatal Outcomes.
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- The impact of short maternal height on gestational diabetes.Acta diabetologica · 2025Article
- Association of discordant neonatal birth weight and maternal height with risk of preeclampsia: a multi-center retrospective cohort study in China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Disparities in perinatal outcomes among births to same-sex and different-sex married couples: a cross-sectional study using birth certificate data.F&S reports · 2025Article
- Analysis of influencing factors and establishment of prediction model for successful vaginal delivery after cesarean section.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
- Maternal Height Is an Independent Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2024Article
- Multimodal profiling of term human decidua demonstrates immune adaptations with pregravid obesity.Cell reports · 2023Article
- The association between maternal stature and adverse birth outcomes and the modifying effect of race and ethnicity: a population-based retrospective cohort study.AJOG global reports · 2023Article
- Are levator hiatal dimensions in mid-pregnancy associated with mode of delivery?International urogynecology journal · 2022Article
- Association between body mass index in the first half of pregnancy and gestational diabetes: A systematic review.SAGE open medicine · 2022Review
- Differences in Perinatal Outcomes of Birthing People in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Marriages.American journal of epidemiology · 2021Article
- Three machine learning algorithms and their utility in exploring risk factors associated with primary cesarean section in low-risk women: A methods paper.Research in nursing & health · 2021Article
- Maternal Obesity and Risk of Low Birth Weight, Fetal Growth Restriction, and Macrosomia: Multiple Analyses.Nutrients · 2021Article
- The Role of Maternal Weight in the Hierarchy of Macrosomia Predictors; Overall Effect of Analysis of Three Prediction Indicators.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the hypothesis that maternal height is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes, controlling for and stratified by maternal body mass index (BMI). STUDY
designThis was a retrospective cohort study of all births in California between 2007 and 2010 (
resultsTaller women were less likely to have GDM, nulliparous cesarean, PTB, and LBW; these associations were similar across maternal BMI categories and persisted after multivariable adjustment. In contrast, when stratified by maternal height, the associations between maternal BMI and birth outcomes varied by specific outcomes, for example, the association between morbid obesity (compared with normal or overweight) and the risk of GDM was weaker among shorter women (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.48, 3.28-3.69) than taller women (aOR, 95% CI: 4.42, 4.19-4.66).
conclusionMaternal height is strongly associated with altered perinatal risk even after accounting for variations in complications by BMI.
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