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SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2020

The impact of interpregnancy weight change on perinatal outcomes in women and their children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yvon E G Timmermans, Kim D G van de Kant, Elise O Oosterman, Marc E A Spaanderman, Eduardo Villamor-Martinez, Jos Kleijnen, Anita C E Vreugdenhil

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Change in modifiable maternal characteristics and behaviours between consecutive pregnancies and offspring adiposity: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020
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  2. The impact of interpregnancy weight change on perinatal outcomes in women and their children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020
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  7. Examining Interpregnancy Weight Change Across a Birthing Population in Aotearoa, New Zealand.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2025
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  15. Should gestational weight gain charts exclude individuals with excess postpartum weight retention?Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Yvon E G TimmermansDepartment of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8767-5569
Kim D G van de KantDepartment of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Elise O OostermanDepartment of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Marc E A SpaandermanSchool for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Eduardo Villamor-MartinezDepartment of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Jos KleijnenSchool for Public Health and Primary Health Care (CAPHRI), Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Anita C E VreugdenhilDepartment of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Maastricht University Medical Centre · NLMaastricht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prepregnancy overweight and obesity are associated with higher risk of perinatal complications. However, the effect of weight change prior to pregnancy on perinatal outcome is largely unknown. Therefore, it is aimed to examine the impact on perinatal outcomes of interpregnancy BMI change in women of different BMI categories. The MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS, and CINAHL databases were searched (1990-August 2019). Observational studies on interpregnancy BMI change were selected. Outcomes evaluated were gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), preeclampsia, gestational hypertension (GH), cesarean section, preterm birth, and newborns being large (LGA) or small (SGA) for gestational age. Meta-analyses and meta-regression analyses were executed. Thirty studies were included (n > 1 million). Interpregnancy BMI gain was associated with a higher risk of GDM (for BMI gain ≥3 kg/m

Indexed as

Body Mass IndexAdultComorbidityDelivery, ObstetricFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornOverweightPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPregnancy OutcomeRisk FactorsWeight GainWeight Lossbody mass indexcesarean deliverygestational diabetesobesitypregnancy

Identifiers

PMID31751496
PMCPMC7050512
OpenAlexW2990403916

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