Obesity as an independent risk factor for elective and emergency caesarean delivery in nulliparous women – systematic review and meta‐analysis of cohort studies

Poobalan, Amudha; Aucott, Lorna; Gurung, Tara; C. Smith, William; Bhattacharya, Sohinee

doi:10.1111/j.1467-789x.2008.00537.x

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Obesity as an independent risk factor for elective and emergency caesarean delivery in nulliparous women – systematic review and meta‐analysis of cohort studies

Published in Obesity Reviews • Dec 23, 2008

Authors:

Amudha Poobalan

Lorna Aucott

Tara Gurung

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the association between increasing maternal body mass index (BMI) and elective/emergency caesarean delivery rates. Systematic review and meta-analysis of published cohort studies were used. The bibliographic databases, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, were searc...

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Medicine

Overweight

Body mass index

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