Objectives Little study has reported the association of maternal weight gain in early
pregnancy with fetal congenital heart disease (CHD). We aimed to explore the potential …

Abstract Background Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defect
around the world. Maternal prepregnancy obesity has been proposed as a risk factor of …

Background: Excessive gestational weight gain seems to be associated with offspring cardio-
metabolic risk factors. Little is known about the critical periods of gestational weight gain. We …

Objective To evaluate the association between maternal BMI and congenital heart defects
(CHDs) in the offspring when including live births, stillbirths, aborted and terminated …

Purpose To review and summarize the epidemiologic evidence on the association of
maternal Body Mass Index (BMI) with risk of congenital heart defects (CHDs) and to assess …

Background and aims Birth weight has been linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in
adulthood, but no consensus has emerged on the threshold of birth weight for the lowest …

We conducted this meta‐analysis to address the open question of a possible association
between maternal body mass index (BMI) and congenital heart defects (CHDs) in infants …

Background: Maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) may be associated with
cardiovascular diseases in the offspring from childhood to adulthood. We aimed to …

Objective To assess the associations of maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and
rates of early‐pregnancy, mid‐pregnancy and total gestational weight gain with adolescent …

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between fetal
development of congenital heart defects (CHD) and maternal prepregnancy body mass …