Circulating metal concentrations, inflammatory cytokines and gestational weight gain: Shanghai MCPC cohort

Based on a prospective birth cohort, we aimed to investigate the associations between maternal circulating metals exposure and gestational weight gain (GWG) across pregnancy, and explore whether maternal inflammatory cytokines could contribute to the GWG changes associated with metals exposure.A total of 234 pregnant women from the Shanghai Maternal-Child Pairs cohort were enrolled in this panel study. 547 blood and serum samples were collected...