Maternal anthropometry, expressed in terms of height, prepregnancy weight and @entity1017 during pregnancy was studied in 432 Israeli mothers who attended routinely the Hadassah Community Health Centre in Jerusalem, and delivered live births from 1990 to 1994. Among the variables studied, social class was positively associated to mother's height. From five curves fitted with gestational age and @entity1017 of each @entity1 , a quadratic one was chosen to describe the @entity1017 pattern of the population. From the model, prepregnancy weight and the weekly rate of @entity1017 were calculated. Height was positively associated to the rate of @entity1017 . Gestational age at delivery and gender were the strongest predictors of birth weight, followed by height and rate of @entity1017 . Three patterns of @entity1017 were observed: concave, linear and convex. No one of the variables studied was related to the pattern of @entity1017 as determinant or consequence. Since not all the patterns follow the same shape, the interpretation of adequacy of @entity1017 at a certain gestational age by using available standards must be done carefully until further studies clarify the relationships between patterns of @entity1017 and pregnancy outcomes for this population. Prospective studies should be carried out in Israel to control for several factors influencing maternal anthropometry and pregnancy outcomes.

Maternal anthropometry and pregnancy outcome among Jerusalem XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['woman'] @entity1017 :: ('MESH:D015430', 'Disease') :: ['weight gain']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['women']
