The association of maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index with macrosomia: a birth cohort study from China
Pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity were associated with higher risks of macrosomia. Therefore, these findings suggest that promoting healthy weight management before conception may be an effective public health strategy to reduce the risk of macrosomia and improve perinatal outcomes.
Authors
- Li Shan
- Pengfei Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2644-5812)
- Doudou Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6582-7856)
- Mingxin Yan
- Leilei Pei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-8168)
- Danmeng Liu
- Yan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4105-2696)
- Yunbo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6792-1451)
- Yang Mi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-8008)
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- China South Industries Group (China) (CN)
- Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
- Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital (CN)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20332
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China