Boston University Medical Center

Prepregnancy, obesity and gestational weight gain influence risk of preterm birth

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, February 28th, 2010

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) Slone Epidemiology Center and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have found that pre-pregnancy obesity and gestational weight gain are associated with an increased risk of preterm birth in African American participants from the Black Women's Health Study. This study currently appears on-line in Epidemiology.

A baby born at less than 37 weeks of gestation is considered preterm. This occurs more often among black women than white women and is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Obesity is associated with intrauterine infections, systematic inflammation,...

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Source: Women's Health Law Weekly (2010-02-28)

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