Pre-pregnancy weight and preterm birth: a causal relation?

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¹ Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215; Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: emily_oken@harvardpilgrim.org.
² Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215.

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Emily Oken et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;7(9):663-665.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(19)30252-9. Epub 2019 Aug 5.

¹ Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215; Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: emily_oken@harvardpilgrim.org.
² Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215.

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Association between maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and preterm birth according to maternal age and race or ethnicity: a population-based study.
Liu B, Xu G, Sun Y, Du Y, Gao R, Snetselaar LG, Santillan MK, Bao W. Liu B, et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019 Sep;7(9):707-714. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(19)30193-7. Epub 2019 Aug 5. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019. PMID: 31395506 Free PMC article.