1998
Maternal anthropometric factors and risk of primary cesarean delivery.
Shepard M, Saftlas A, Leo-Summers L, Bracken M. Maternal anthropometric factors and risk of primary cesarean delivery. American Journal Of Public Health 1998, 88: 1534-8. PMID: 9772858, PMCID: PMC1508477, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.88.10.1534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCesarean deliveryPrimary cesarean deliveryMass indexWeight gainPrepregnancy weightProportional weight gainUnderweight womenPrepregnancy body mass indexBody mass index groupsHigher body mass indexMaternal anthropometric factorsGestational weight gainOutcome risk factorsGreater New HavenAbsolute weight gainSingleton deliveriesGestational weightVaginal deliveryProspective studyPrimary cesareanRisk factorsRelative riskAnthropometric factorsIndex group
1996
Maternal body mass, proportional weight gain, and fetal growth in parous women
Shepard M, Bakketeig L, Jacobsen G, O'Connor T, Bracken M. Maternal body mass, proportional weight gain, and fetal growth in parous women. Paediatric And Perinatal Epidemiology 1996, 10: 207-219. PMID: 8778693, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1996.tb00044.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexMaternal body mass indexProportional weight gainFetal growthFetal growth rateWeight gainHigh body mass index groupBody mass index groupsAverage body mass indexLower body mass indexMaternal weight gainWeeks of gestationFetal ultrasound measurementsStudy time periodPrepregnant weightParous womenMass indexWeek 17Fetal abdomenWeek 25Week 33Index groupTransverse diameterMaternal body massUltrasound measurements
1986
Proportional weight gain and complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery in healthy women of normal prepregnant stature
Shepard M, Hellenbrand K, Bracken M. Proportional weight gain and complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery in healthy women of normal prepregnant stature. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 1986, 155: 947-954. PMID: 3619994, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(86)90323-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplications of pregnancyProlonged second stageProportional weight gainWeight gainMultigravid womenHealthy womenYale-New Haven HospitalEarly prenatal visitPreexisting chronic diseaseAdverse neonatal outcomesMajor congenital malformationsSignificant risk factorsDays of deliveryHealth maintenance organizationGestational hypertensionPrepregnant weightNeonatal outcomesCesarean sectionFourfold riskPrenatal visitPrimigravid womenHospital clinicQuetelet indexRisk factorsChronic diseases