American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 198, Issue 4 , Pages 416.e1-416.e6 , April 2008

Impact of maternal body mass index on neonate birthweight and body composition

  • Holly R. Hull, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Exercise Science, Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Mary K. Dinger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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  • Allen W. Knehans, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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  • David M. Thompson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: David Fields, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Department of Pediatrics & Children’s Medical Research Institute’s Metabolic Research Center, OUCP Diabetes and Endocrinology, 940 NE 13 St, CH 2B246, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.
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  • David A. Fields, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK.

Received 10 May 2007 ,Revised 30 July 2007 ,Accepted 11 October 2007.

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 This study was supported in part by a grant from the College of Medicine Alumni Association, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

 Cite this article as: Hull HR, Dinger MK, Knehans AW, et al. Impact of maternal body mass index on neonate birthweight and body composition. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:416.e1-416.e6.

PII: S0002-9378(07)02018-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.10.796

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 198, Issue 4 , Pages 416.e1-416.e6 , April 2008

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