Association of elective and emergency cesarean delivery with early childhood overweight at 12 months of age

• Main Authors: Cai, Meijin, Loy, See Ling, Tan, Kok Hian, Godfrey, Keith M., Gluckman, Peter D., Chong, Yap-Seng, Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi, Cheung, Yin Bun, Lek, Ngee, Lee, Yung Seng, Chan, Shiao-Yng, Chan, Jerry Kok Yen, Yap, Fabian, Ang, Seng Bin
• 其他作者: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2020
• 主題: Science::Medicine; Global Cesarean Deliver; Elective Cesarean Deliver
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137624
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Importance: Global cesarean delivery (CD) rates have more than doubled over the past 2 decades, with an increasing contribution from elective CDs. Cesarean delivery has been linked to early childhood overweight and obesity, but limited studies have examined elective and emergency CDs separately. Obj...