Association between gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes: cohort analysis from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
GWG was associated with preterm birth, low birth weight and small for gestational age. Early pregnancy BMI modified the association between GWG and outcomes in the study setting.
Authors
- Shinjini Bhatnagar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1703-5296)
- Nitya Wadhwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9435-1842)
- Monjur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7877-858X)
- Muhammad Farrukh Qazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0115-4074)
- Margaret P. Kasaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-998X)
- Anisur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1033-5034)
- Jeffrey S. A. Stringer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9590-7216)
- Ramachandran Thiruvengadam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9195-2730)
- Jesmin Pervin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8082-4178)
- Nima Aghaeepour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6117-8764)
- Waqasuddin Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7995-8163)
- Gary M. Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7438-4914)
- Nabidul Haque Chowdhury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6149-1152)
- Salahuddin Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-0638)
- U Tin Nu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8439-4347)
- Fyezah Jehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-4358)
- Javairia Khalid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-371X)
- Shaki Aktar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-9721)
- Fatma Kabole
- Usma Mehmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-0923)
- Sunil Sazawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8035-9085)
- Abdullah Hel Baqui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8350-1983)
- Sayedur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4445-3699)
- Rasheda Khanam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9365-8594)
- Ayushi Ayushi
- Huan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2815-4322)
- Yuri V. Sebastião (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4268-3095)
- Bapu Koundinya Desiraju (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5955-5364)
- Bellington Vwalika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5548-8187)
- Muhammad Imran Nisar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2378-4720)
- Bihila Abdalla Bakari
- David K. Stevenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7127-0281)
- Ge Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8817-2133)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (IN)
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (IN)
- University of Zambia (ZM)
- Biomedical Research Foundation (BD)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-000900
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- World Health Organization
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council