Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 78-85 , February 2011

Gestational Weight Gain and Birth Outcome in Relation to Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Ethnicity

  • David A. Savitz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Disease Prevention and Public Health Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: David A. Savitz, PhD, Disease Prevention and Public Health Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029. Tel.: 212-824-7025; Fax: 212-996-0407.
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  • Cheryl R. Stein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Disease Prevention and Public Health Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Amy H. Herring, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 24 February 2010 ,Accepted 10 June 2010.

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 This commissioned paper received funding from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in connection with the Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines. The responsibility for the content of this paper rests with the authors alone and does not necessarily represent the views or endorsement of the Institute of Medicine or the National Academy of Sciences. The development of the data resource was supported by Grant R21 HD050739 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

PII: S1047-2797(10)00159-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.06.009

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 78-85 , February 2011

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