American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 2 , Pages 177.e1-177.e9 , August 2009

Childbearing is associated with higher incidence of the metabolic syndrome among women of reproductive age controlling for measurements before pregnancy: the CARDIA study

Presented orally at the 46th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention of the American Heart Association, Phoenix, AZ, March 2-5, 2006.

  • Erica P. Gunderson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Prevention Section, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
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  • David R. Jacobs Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    • Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Vicky Chiang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Prevention Section, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
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  • Cora E. Lewis, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
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  • Ailin Tsai, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Prevention Section, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
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  • Charles P. Quesenberry Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Prevention Section, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
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  • Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Prevention Section, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA

Received 29 July 2008 ,Revised 28 November 2008 ,Accepted 23 March 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Gunderson EP, Jacobs DR, Chiang V, et al. Childbearing is associated with higher incidence of the metabolic syndrome among women of reproductive age controlling for measurements before pregnancy: the CARDIA study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:177.e1-9.

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 This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (contracts N01-HC-48047, N01-HC-48048, N01-HC-48049, N01-HC-48050, and N01-HC-95095 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Career Development Award, Grant K01 DK059944, from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases) and a Research Award from the American Diabetes Association.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00347-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.03.031

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 2 , Pages 177.e1-177.e9 , August 2009

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