ArticleTropical medicine & international health : TM & IH2020
Elevated body mass index during pregnancy and gestational weight gain in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in Cape Town, South Africa: association with adverse birth outcomes.
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- Gestational weight gain during the second and third trimesters and adverse pregnancy outcomes, results from a prospective pregnancy cohort in urban Tanzania.Reproductive health · 2022Trial
- Maternal adiposity and inflammatory immune trajectories during pregnancy in women with HIV.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Two Decades of Change: Evolving Maternal Characteristics and Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women Living with HIV.Viruses · 2025Article
- Comorbidities in pregnant South African women living with HIV and associations with adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Anthropometric measurements as predictors of nutritional status in black South African women during pregnancy.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2025Observational
- Adverse birth outcome research case definitions associated with maternal HIV and antiretroviral drug use in pregnancy: a scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Gestational weight gain and adverse birth outcomes in South African women with HIV on antiretroviral therapy and without HIV: a prospective cohort study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Article
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- Maternal weight trajectories and associations with infant growth in South African women.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Maternal overweight and obesity and its associated factors and outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected black South African pregnant women.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2022Article
- Cohort profile: Prematurity Immunology in Mothers living with HIV and their infants Study (PIMS).BMJ open · 2021Article
- Association between food intake and obesity in pregnant women living with and without HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: a prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Differential impact of antiretroviral therapy initiated before or during pregnancy on placenta pathology in HIV-positive women.AIDS (London, England) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the association between maternal body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) and adverse birth outcomes in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women.
methodsIn an urban South African community, 2921 consecutive HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant women attending primary healthcare services were assessed at their first antenatal visit. A subset of HIV-infected women enrolled in a longitudinal study was assessed three times during pregnancy. All women had birth outcome data from medical records and study questionnaires. In analyses, the associations between BMI, GWG, maternal factors and adverse birth outcomes were assessed with logistic regression models.
resultsThe estimated pre-pregnancy BMI median was 29 kg/m
conclusionObesity during pregnancy is prevalent in this setting and appears associated with increased risk of adverse birth outcomes in both HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women. Weight management interventions targeting women of child-bearing age are needed to promote healthy pregnancies and reduce adverse birth outcomes.
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