Contribution of obesity to racial and ethnic disparities in the risk of fetal myelomeningocele: a population-based studyAJOG MFM at a Glance

• Main Authors: Hiba J. Mustafa, MD, FACOG (Author), Catherine T. Burns, BA (Author), Mohammad H. Heydari, BBS (Author), Ali Javinani, MD (Author), Aurelian Bidulescu, MD, MPH, PhD (Author), Mounira Habli, MD (Author), Asma Khalil, MD, MSc (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Prepregnancy obesity and racial-ethnic disparities has been shown to be associated with meningomyelocele. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the association of maternal periconceptional factors, including race-ethnicity and prepregnancy body mass index, with the prevalence of iso...