Maternal obesity during pregnancy is negatively associated with maternal and neonatal iron status

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Obesity among pregnant women may adversely affect both maternal iron status throughout pregnancy and placental transfer of iron. The objective of this study was to determine the association of maternal body mass index (BMI) with 1) maternal iron status and inflammation in mid...

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Autores principales: Jones, Andrew D., Zhao, Gengli, Jiang, Ya-ping, Zhou, Min, Xu, Guobin, Kaciroti, Niko, Zhang, Zhixiang, Lozoff, Betsy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4963312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26813939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2015.229