ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2024
Trends in maternal body mass index, macrosomia and caesarean section in first-time mothers during the pandemic: a multicentre retrospective cohort study of 12 Melbourne public hospitals.
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- Midwife-Led Home Births in Japan: A 25-Year Retrospective Analysis of Care in Accordance with WHO Recommendations Before and After COVID-19.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Food, Built and Socio-Economic Environments and Maternal-Infant Outcomes: A Geospatial and Structural Equation Modelling of 163 000 Births.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- Congenital anomaly registers in Australia: A national challenge.Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia · 2026Article
- Ensuring Quality by a Clinical Audit of the Mode of Birth: The Use of the Robson Classification System.Cureus · 2025Article
- Comparison of Modified Labor Induction Strategies for Pregnant Women at a Single Tertiary Center Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare specific perinatal outcomes in nulliparas with a singleton infant in cephalic presentation at term, with and without exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic during pregnancy. We hypothesised that the pandemic conditions in Melbourne may have been an independent contributor to trends in maternal Body Mass Index ≥ 25 kg/m
designMulti-centre retrospective cohort study and interrupted time-series analysis.
settingMetropolitan Melbourne, Victoria. POPULATION: Singleton infants ≥ 20 weeks gestational age born between 1 January 2019 and 31 March 2022.
main outcome measuresRates of maternal Body Mass Index ≥ 25 kg/m
results25 897 individuals gave birth for the first time to a singleton infant in cephalic presentation at term in the pre-pandemic cohort, and 25 298 in the pandemic-exposed cohort. Interrupted time-series analysis demonstrated no significant additional effect of the pandemic on pre-existing upward trends in maternal Body Mass Index ≥ 25 kg/m
conclusionsWhile rates of Body Mass Index ≥ 25 kg/m
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