BMI-Specific Gestational Weight Gain Thresholds to Minimize Small Vulnerable Newborn Risk in Underweight Chinese Women
Background: Maternal underweight elevates small vulnerable newborn (SVN) risk, yet optimal BMI-specific gestational weight gain (GWG) thresholds remain undefined, challenging uniform recommendations for underweight pregnancies. Objective: To quantify
Authors
- Lulu Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9105-2580)
- Gaojie Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8726-5890)
- Ziyi Song
- Surong Mei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-5771)
- Jing Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-6962)
- Qing Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1067-2620)
- Li Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0847-2534)
- Guocheng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0321-3672)
- Lijuan Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5811-6354)
- Li Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1805-1036)
Institutions
- Guangdong Province Women and Children Hospital (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22541/au.176000615.54538913/v1
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China