Obstetrics
Preterm delivery may be affected by gestational weight changes despite prepregnancy weight
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 19th, 2006
Investigators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention report, "The association between excessive gestational weight gain and preterm delivery is unclear, as is the association between low gestational weight gain and preterm delivery among overweight and obese women.
"Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in 21 states, we estimated the risk of very (20-31 weeks) and moderately (32-36 weeks) preterm delivery associated with a combination of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain among 113,019 women...
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