Maternal Obesity and Occurrence of Fetal Macrosomia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

To determine a precise estimate for the contribution of maternal obesity to macrosomia.The search strategy included database searches in 2011 of PubMed, Medline (In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and Ovid Medline, 1950-2011), and EMBASE Classic + EMBASE. Appropriate search terms were used for each database. Reference lists of retrieved articles and review articles were cross-referenced.All studies that examined the relationship between...