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16167951

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
Whether booking body mass index (BMI) in the UK is increasing is unknown but is of clinical interest since overweight or obese pregnant women face far greater risks of pregnancy complications including pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes. We examined booking BMI in 1990 and 2002/2004, of women with singleton pregnancies. Our analyses indicate an increase of 1 U in mean BMI over this period despite lower parity in recent years. When the model was adjusted for maternal age, parity, smoking status and deprivation category the mean BMI was 1.37 U higher in 2002/2004 than in 1990. More striking was the significant increase in the proportion of women who were obese (BMI > or = 30 kg/m2) at booking--more than twofold higher in unadjusted analysis (18.9% vs 9.4%) rising to greater than threefold higher in multivariate analysis. These findings suggest that obesity-related pregnancy complications are likely to increase with implications for both mother and child.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1470-0328
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
112
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1431-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in booking body mass index over a decade: retrospective analysis from a Glasgow Maternity Hospital.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Developmental Medicine, Scotland, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article