We evaluated the relationship between maternal body mass index (BMI) and death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We hypothesized that in extremely low birth weight infants (ELBW, BW Click to show full abstract
We evaluated the relationship between maternal body mass index (BMI) and death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We hypothesized that in extremely low birth weight infants (ELBW, BW<1,000 g), the risk of death or BPD would be greater the further the maternal BMI deviated from ideal BMI of 24.
               
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