Maternal Overweight and Obesity and Risk of Perinatal Ischemic Stroke
The risk of perinatal ischemic stroke increased with increasing maternal BMI in a dose-response manner. The findings support maternal obesity as a potential risk factor of perinatal ischemic stroke. A limitation of this study was that although the perinatal ischemic stroke diagnosis has high predictive value in Swedish registers, we cannot rule out that cases might be underdetected.
Authors
- Olof Stephansson
- Neda Razaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-0110)
- Heléne E.K. Sundelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8189-4098)
- Eleni Simatou
- Martina Persson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2268-3159)
- Anna H. Walas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2149-3567)
- Jenny Bolk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-261X)
- Mikael Andersson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-4486)
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Stockholm South General Hospital (SE)
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital (SE)
- Linköping University Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000213333
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.17