Citation
Bodnar, Lisa Marie; Siega-Riz, Anna Maria; & Cogswell, Mary E. (2004). Response: Prepregnancy BMI and the Risk of Postpartum Anemia: What Does Information on Adverse Delivery Events Add?. Obesity Research, 12(11), 1904-1905.Abstract
We thank Lao et al. for their interest in our study and welcome their comments. They contend that our reported finding of a strong, positive association between high prepregnancy BMI and the risk of postpartum anemia was due to a lack of control for the “confounding effects of parity, blood loss at delivery, postpartum hemorrhage, or cesarean delivery”. As we stated on page 943, we tested for the confounding effects of parity in the full multivariable model. Parity did not meaningfully affect the estimate and was removed from our final model. Parity data were presented in Table 1.URL
https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2004.237Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2004Journal Title
Obesity ResearchAuthor(s)
Bodnar, Lisa MarieSiega-Riz, Anna Maria
Cogswell, Mary E.