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Excessive weight gain in pregnancy is associated with various pregnancy complications, yet its long-term implications on women, such as mortality rates, remain unknown.
Prof Cuilin Zhang from the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Director of the Global Center for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at NUS Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania and the US National Institutes of Health investigated the association between weight gain during pregnancy, and mortality rate, with a follow-up period of over 50 years.
The researchers found that for women with BMI in the normal and overweight range, excessive weight gain during pregnancy was associated with a 9% to 12% increase of all-cause mortality risk respectively.
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Excessive weight gain in pregnancy is associated with various pregnancy complications, yet its long-term implications on women, such as mortality rates, remain unknown.
Prof Cuilin Zhang from the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Director of the Global Center for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at NUS Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania and the US National Institutes of Health investigated the association between weight gain during pregnancy, and mortality rate, with a follow-up period of over 50 years.
The researchers found that for women with BMI in the normal and overweight range, excessive weight gain during pregnancy was associated with a 9% to 12% increase of all-cause mortality risk respectively.
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