Maternal obesity in pregnancy, gestational weight gain, and risk of childhood asthma
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Environmental or lifestyle exposures in utero may
influence the development of childhood asthma. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to assess
whether maternal obesity in pregnancy (MOP) or increased maternal gestational weight gain
(GWG) increased the risk of asthma in offspring. METHODS: We included all observational
studies published until October 2013 in PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, The Cochrane
Database, and Ovid. Random effects models with inverse variance weights were used to …
influence the development of childhood asthma. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to assess
whether maternal obesity in pregnancy (MOP) or increased maternal gestational weight gain
(GWG) increased the risk of asthma in offspring. METHODS: We included all observational
studies published until October 2013 in PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, The Cochrane
Database, and Ovid. Random effects models with inverse variance weights were used to …
