Maternal obesity, associated complications and risk of prematurity

Objective: We aimed at (a) examining the rates of obesity over a 12-year period; (b) studying the effect of obesity and morbid obesity on gestational age and birth weight and (c) determining the influence of race on the association between maternal obesity and the gestational age of a newborn. Study...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of perinatology 2010-07, Vol.30 (7), p.447-451
Hauptverfasser:	Aly, H, Hammad, T, Nada, A, Mohamed, M, Bathgate, S, El-Mohandes, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anemia Birth weight Bivariate analysis Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Care and treatment Cesarean section Complications Complications and side effects Demographic aspects Diabetes mellitus Female Gestational Age Health aspects Humans Hypertension Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mothers Obesity Obesity - complications original-article Pediatric Surgery Pediatrics Preeclampsia Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - etiology Pregnancy Outcome Pregnant women Premature birth Prevention Regression models Risk Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: We aimed at (a) examining the rates of obesity over a 12-year period; (b) studying the effect of obesity and morbid obesity on gestational age and birth weight and (c) determining the influence of race on the association between maternal obesity and the gestational age of a newborn. Study Design: We conducted a retrospective analysis using data from the perinatal data set of mothers delivering at the George Washington University between 1992 and 2003. We stratified mother/infant pairs ( n =14 183) into three groups on the basis of maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI): not obese (BMI
ISSN:	0743-8346 1476-5543
DOI:	10.1038/jp.2009.117