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Risk factors for inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain in 25 low- and middle-income countries: an individual-level participant meta-analysis

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Background: Many women experience suboptimal gestational weight gain (GWG) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but our understanding of risk factors associated with GWG in these settings is limited. We investigated the relationships between demographic, anthropometric, lifestyle, and clinical factors and GWG in prospectively collected data from LMICs.

Methods and findings: We conducted an individual participant-level meta-analysis of risk ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pmed.1004236

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ORCID:
0000-0002-2282-7696
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ORCID:
0000-0003-3369-5972

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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https://ror.org/0456r8d26
Grant:
OPP1204850


Publisher:
Public Library of Science
Journal:
PLoS Medicine More from this journal
Volume:
20
Issue:
7
Article number:
e1004236
Publication date:
2023-07-24
Acceptance date:
2023-04-21
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EISSN:
1549-1676
ISSN:
1549-1277
Pmid:
37486938

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