Maternal overweight and obesity and risk of congenital heart defects in offspring

OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a risk factor for congenital heart defects (CHD), but whether risk is independent of abnormal glucose metabolism is unknown. Data on whether overweight status increases risk is also conflicting. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We included 121815 deliveries from a cohort study, the...

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Autores principales: Brite, Jennifer, Laughon, Sarah Katherine, Troendle, James, Mills, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4053485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24362506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2013.244

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