pulmonary atresia/obesity

BACKGROUND High BMI is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and, in contrast, low BMI is associated with worse prognosis in heart failure. The knowledge on BMI and the distribution in different BMI-classes in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are limited. RESULTS Data on 2424 adult

Texas ranks 12th nationally in the proportion of adult residents who are obese; approximately 67 % of Texans are overweight or obese. Studies indicate that obesity is related to an increased risk for birth defects; however, small sample sizes have limited the scope of birth defects investigated, and

BACKGROUND This study investigates the relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and 26 birth defects identified through the Florida Birth Defects Registry. METHODS Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m(2)) was categorised into underweight (<18.5), normal weight (18.5-24.9), overweight

Maternal diabetes mellitus is associated with increased teratogenesis, which can occur in pregestational type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Cardiac defects and with neural tube defects are the most common malformations observed in fetuses of pregestational diabetic mothers. The exact mechanism by which