Correction to: International Journal of Obesity (2010) 34, 1371–1380; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.66; published online 6 April 2010

After the publication of the article, the authors noticed a couple of minor errors in Table 2 , in Fetal characteristics section. The correct table is reproduced below.

Table 2 Maternal and fetal characteristics among cases and non-cases

The authors would like to apologize for this mistake.