Comparison of two proxies for the preconception weight using data from a pre-pregnancy cohort in Benin: Weight measured in the first trimester of pregnancy vs estimated by Thomas’ formula

• Emmanuel Yovo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: emkoffiyovo@gmail.com

  Affiliations Institut de Recherche Clinique du Bénin (IRCB), Abomey-Calavi, Benin, Institut Agro, UMR MoISA, University Montpellier, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM, INRAe, IRD, Montpellier, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1082-5113

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• Manfred Accrombessi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut de Recherche Clinique du Bénin (IRCB), Abomey-Calavi, Benin, Malaria International Department, Population Services International (PSI), Cotonou, Benin

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• Valérie Briand,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations UMR MERIT, University Paris Cité, IRD, Paris, France, Epicentre, Paris, France

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• Gino Agbota,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut de Recherche Clinique du Bénin (IRCB), Abomey-Calavi, Benin, UMR TransVIHMI, University Montpellier, IRD, INSERM, Montpellier, France

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• Cornelia Hounkonnou,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut de Recherche Clinique du Bénin (IRCB), Abomey-Calavi, Benin

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7058-496X

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• Jules Alao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Service de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Mère et de l’Enfant-Lagune de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin

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• Jennifer Zeitlin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistic (CRESS), University Paris Cité, University Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm, INRAe, Paris, France

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• Pierre Traissac,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Agro, UMR MoISA, University Montpellier, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM, INRAe, IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Yves Martin-Prevel

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Agro, UMR MoISA, University Montpellier, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM, INRAe, IRD, Montpellier, France

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