Mahmoud Abdelwahab, Jessica de Voest, Torri Metz, Brenna Hughes, William A Grobman, George Saade, Tracy Manuck, Monica Longo, Hyagriv Simhan, Dwight J Rouse, Hector Mendez-Figueroa, Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, Jennifer Bailit, Maged M Costantine, Harish Sehdev, Alan Tita
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether being pregnant and delivering during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with changes in gestational weight gain (GWG) or frequency of small- (SGA) or large-for-gestational-age (LGA) neonates. STUDY DESIGN: Secondary analysis of a multicenter observational cohort comparing pregnant people who delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic (June-December 2020) to people who delivered prior to the pandemic (March-December 2019). Those with multiple gestations, fetuses with major congenital anomalies, implausible GWG values, unavailable body mass index (BMI), or who were SARS-CoV-2 positive were excluded...
May 29, 2024: American Journal of Perinatology