Maternal obesity and pregnancy complications: A review

Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2000

2002 • 6,312 citations

Maternal obesity and pregnancy outcome: a study of 287 213 pregnancies in London

2001 • 1,718 citations

Maternal Morbid Obesity and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcome

2004 • 1,187 citations

Obesity, obstetric complications and cesarean delivery rate–a population-based screening study

2004 • 1,129 citations

Prepregnancy Weight and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

1998 • 1,066 citations

Pregnancy complications and outcomes among overweight and obese nulliparous women

2001 • 772 citations

Interpregnancy weight change and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a population-based study

2006 • 732 citations

Excess pregnancy weight gain and long-term obesity: one decade later

2002 • 708 citations

Maternal body mass index and the risk of preeclampsia: a systematic overview.

2003 • 689 citations

The influence of obesity and diabetes on the prevalence of macrosomia

2004 • 649 citations

Maternal Obesity and Risk for Birth Defects

2003 • 640 citations

Recent Insights into the Pathogenesis of Pre-eclampsia

2002 • 603 citations

Maternal Body Mass Index and the Risk of Preeclampsia: A Systematic Overview

2003 • 589 citations

Obesity and pregnancy: complications and cost

2000 • 565 citations

Overweight and obesity in Australia: the 1999–2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

2004 • 535 citations

Gestational Weight Gain and Pregnancy Outcomes in Obese Women

2007 • 495 citations

Risk factors associated with preeclampsia in healthy nulliparous women

1997 • 485 citations

Gestational Diabetes and Insulin Resistance: Role in Short- and Long-Term Implications for Mother and Fetus

2003 • 481 citations

Pre‐pregnancy weight and the risk of stillbirth and neonatal death

2005 • 479 citations

Long‐Term Safety and Efficacy of Circumferential Ablation with Pulmonary Vein Isolation

2006 • 459 citations

A Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for Preeclampsia

1991 • 445 citations

Anesthetic and Obstetric Outcome in Morbidly Obese Parturients

1993 • 434 citations

Nutrition During Pregnancy

1990 • 396 citations

Venous Thromboembolism during Pregnancy

1996 • 394 citations

Maternal Obesity and Diabetes as Risk Factors for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Differences Among 4 Racial/Ethnic Groups

2005 • 388 citations

Pregnancy Outcome and Weight Gain Recommendations for the Morbidly Obese Woman

1998 • 380 citations

Risk of Neural Tube Defect—Affected Pregnancies Among Obese Women

1996 • 354 citations

Prepregnancy Obesity and Fetal Death

2005 • 350 citations

Pregnancy outcome and prepregnancy body mass index in 2459 glucose-tolerant Danish women

2003 • 345 citations

The effect of the increasing prevalence of maternal obesity on perinatal morbidity

2001 • 337 citations

Prepregnant Weight in Relation to Risk of Neural Tube Defects

1996 • 319 citations

The Preterm Prediction study: Association between maternal body mass index and spontaneous and indicated preterm birth

2005 • 308 citations

Risk factors and obstetric complications associated with macrosomia

2004 • 287 citations

Massive maternal obesity and perioperative cesarean morbidity

1994 • 280 citations

Excessive maternal weight and pregnancy outcome

1992 • 275 citations

Pregnancy Complications and Birth Outcomes in Obese and Normal-Weight Women: Effects of Gestational Weight Change

1996 • 270 citations

Association between pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of cesarean delivery

1997 • 260 citations

Obesity as an independent risk factor for infectious morbidity in patients who undergo cesarean delivery

2002 • 258 citations

Pregnancy outcome in women with morbid obesity

2001 • 255 citations

Optimal Gestational Weight Gain for Body Mass Index Categories

2007 • 248 citations

C-Reactive Protein and Gestational Diabetes: The Central Role of Maternal Obesity

2003 • 242 citations

Maternal obesity and pregnancy outcomes

2002 • 238 citations

Overweight and obese in gestational diabetes: The impact on pregnancy outcome

2005 • 237 citations

Maternal body weight and pregnancy outcome

1990 • 231 citations

Body Mass Index, Provider Advice, and Target Gestational Weight Gain

2005 • 222 citations

Prepregnancy weight and adverse perinatal outcomes in an ethnically diverse population

2003 • 219 citations

A Prospective Study of the Risk of Congenital Defects Associated with Maternal Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus

2000 • 210 citations

Maternal obesity as an independent risk factor for caesarean delivery

2004 • 200 citations

The impact of maternal obesity on midtrimester sonographic visualization of fetal cardiac and craniospinal structures

2004 • 199 citations

The pattern of maternal weight gain in women with good pregnancy outcomes.

1997 • 194 citations

Obesity and pregnancy.

2004 • 193 citations

Gestational weight gain among average-weight and overweight women — What is excessive?

1995 • 185 citations

Maternal Obesity: A Potential Source of Error in Sonographic Prenatal Diagnosis

1991 • 168 citations

The association of maternal weight with cesarean risk, labor duration, and cervical dilation rate during labor induction.

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Gestational Weight Gain and Pregnancy Outcomes in 481 Obese Glucose-Tolerant Women

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Obesity in pregnancy: risks and outcome.

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Perinatal outcome in pregnancy complicated by massive obesity

1992 • 145 citations

The impact of maternal obesity and weight gain on vaginal birth after cesarean section success

2004 • 143 citations

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Sequelae of unrecognized gestational diabetes

1998 • 116 citations

Pre‐gestational maternal body mass index predicts an increased risk of congenital malformations in infants of mothers with gestational diabetes

2005 • 105 citations

Development of wound infection or separation after cesarean delivery. Prospective evaluation of 2,431 cases.

1995 • 98 citations

The Preterm Prediction Study: Association of cesarean delivery with increases in maternal weight and body mass index

1997 • 97 citations

Is maternal obesity a predictor of shoulder dystocia?

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Risk Factors for Wound Infection Following Caesarean Section

1994 • 83 citations

The influence of prepregnancy body mass index on labor complications

1999 • 70 citations

The Impact of Obesity on Obstetrical Practice and Outcome

2004 • 69 citations

Contribution of Excess Weight Gain During Pregnancy and Macrosomia to the Cesarean Delivery Rate, 1990–2000

2003 • 67 citations

Design of the New Life(style) study: a randomised controlled trial to optimise maternal weight development during pregnancy. [ISRCTN85313483]

2006 • 59 citations

Outcome of Pregnancy in a Woman with an Increased Body Mass Index

2006 • 58 citations

Effects of Obesity on Pregnant Women: Maternal Hemodynamic Change

1996 • 47 citations

Obesity in obstetrics and gynaecology

1998 • 43 citations

10: Management of obesity

2004 • 31 citations

Obesity in Pregnancy

1994 • 23 citations

Maternal Diabetes and Obesity May Have Lifelong Impact on Health of Offspring

2004 • 11 citations

Obstetric medicine, its premise and promise

2004 • 10 citations