Contribution of obesity to racial and ethnic disparities in the risk of fetal myelomeningocele: a population-based studyAJOG MFM at a Glance

Autor: Hiba J. Mustafa, MD, FACOG, Catherine T. Burns, BA, Mohammad H. Heydari, BBS, Ali Javinani, MD, Aurelian Bidulescu, MD, MPH, PhD, Mounira Habli, MD, Asma Khalil, MD, MSc
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: AJOG Global Reports, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 100290- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-5778
DOI: 10.1016/j.xagr.2023.100290
Popis: BACKGROUND: Prepregnancy obesity and racial-ethnic disparities has been shown to be associated with meningomyelocele. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the association of maternal periconceptional factors, including race–ethnicity and prepregnancy body mass index, with the prevalence of isolated fetal myelomeningocele. METHODS: This was a population-based cross-sectional study using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention birth data from 2016 to 2021. Major structural anomalies or chromosomal abnormalities were excluded. Race–ethnicity was classified as non-Hispanic White (reference population), non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Asian, Hispanic, and others. Maternal prepregnancy body mass index was classified as underweight (
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