Maternal Overweight and Obesity and Genital Anomalies in Male Offspring: A Population-Based Swedish Cohort Study.

Linn Håkonsen ArendtCecilia Høst Ramlau-HansenMorten Søndergaard LindhardTine Brink HenriksenJørn OlsenYongfu YuSven Cnattingius

Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2017)

This large register-based study adds to the current literature and indicates that the occurrence of hypospadias and cryptorchidism increase with maternal overweight and obesity severity.

Keyphrases

birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
systematic review
risk assessment
high fat diet
weight gain
gestational age
pregnant women
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
physical activity