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Table 43-3. Adverse Pregnancy Effects in Overweight and Obese Women



























































































TABLE 43-3. Adverse Pregnancy Effects in Overweight and Obese Women
 


Increased Complications
(Odds Ratioa)


Normal
BMI 2024.9
(n = 176,923)
Overweight
BMI 2529.9
(n = 79,014)
Obese
BMI > 30
(n = 31,27)

Gestational diabetes
0.8
1.7
3.6

Preeclampsia
0.7
1.5
2.1

Postterm pregnancy
0.13
1.2b
1.7

Emergency cesarean
7.8
1.3
1.8

Elective cesarean
4.0
1.2
1.4

Postpartum hemorrhage
10.4
1.2
1.4

Pelvic infection


0.7
1.2
1.3

Urinary tract infection

0.7


1.2
1.4

Wound infection
0.4

1.3


2.2

Macrosomia
9.0
1.6

2.4


Stillbirth
0.4
1.1b
1.4

BMI = body mass index.

aOdds ratios (99% CI) are significant except when denoted.

bNot significantly different.

Data from Sebire and colleagues, 2001, with permission.