| Title |
Mode of Delivery and Offspring Body Mass Index, Overweight and Obesity in Adult Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0087896 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Karthik Darmasseelane, Matthew J. Hyde, Shalini Santhakumaran, Chris Gale, Neena Modi |
| Abstract |
It has been suggested that mode of delivery, a potentially powerful influence upon long-term health, may affect later life body mass index (BMI). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of Caesarean section (CS) and vaginal delivery (VD) on offspring BMI, overweight (BMI>25) and obesity (BMI>30) in adulthood. Secondary outcomes were subgroup analyses by gender and type of CS (in-labour/emergency, pre-labour/elective). |
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| United States | 11 | 20% |
| Chile | 4 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |
| South Africa | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 2 | 4% |
| Brazil | 2 | 4% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 25 | 46% |
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| Members of the public | 32 | 59% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 14 | 26% |
| Scientists | 7 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
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| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 216 | 98% |
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| Student > Master | 39 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 31 | 14% |
| Researcher | 27 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 7% |
| Other | 45 | 20% |
| Unknown | 44 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 35 | 16% |
| Unknown | 53 | 24% |