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Selection of participants for a study of associations between early-pregnancy body mass index and risks of stillbirth and infant mortality using 2 reference groups: population controls and sister controls. The study population included all singleton first births taking place in Sweden during 1992–2011 to mothers born in Sweden who had a sister who also gave birth to her first child during that time period.
