Table 2 Pregnancy complications among women with normal BMI compared with overweight and obese women
From: The risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women who are overweight or obese
Characteristic | Normal n = 943 (%) | Overweight n = 446 (%) | Obese n = 272 (%) | Overweight vs. Normal [95% CI] | p value | Obese vs. Normal [95% CI] | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal Death or Adverse Outcome | 68 (7.2) | 43 (9.6) | 28 (10.3) | 1.34 [0.93,1.93] | 0.12 | 1.43 [0.94,2.17] | 0.10 |
Pre-Eclampsia | 36 (3.8) | 25 (5.6) | 31 (11.4) | 1.47 [0.89,2.42] | 0.13 | 2.99 [1.88,4.73] | < 0.0001 |
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension | 74 (7.8) | 68 (15.2) | 68 (25.0) | 1.94 [1.43,2.65] | < 0.0001 | 3.19 [2.36,4.30] | < 0.0001 |
Severe PIH | 13 (1.4) | 17 (3.8) | 15 (5.5) | 2.76 [1.35,5.64] | 0.01 | 4.00 [1.93,8.30] | 0.0002 |
Antenatal hospitalisation hypertension | 29 (3.1) | 19 (4.3) | 24 (8.8) | 1.39 [0.79,2.44] | 0.26 | 2.87 [1.70,4.84] | 0.0001 |
MgSO4 used | 7 (0.7) | 4 (0.9) | 6 (2.2) | 1.21 [0.36,4.11] | 0.76 | 2.97 [1.01,8.77] | 0.05 |
2 hr OGTT ≥ 7.8 mmol/L | 28 (3.0) | 16 (3.6) | 17 (6.3) | 1.21 [0.66,2.21] | 0.54 | 2.10 [1.17,3.79] | 0.01 |
Antihypertensives | 22 (2.3) | 17 (3.8) | 21 (7.7) | 1.63 [0.88,3.05] | 0.12 | 3.31 [1.85,5.93] | 0.0001 |
PPROM | 23 (2.4) | 16 (3.6) | 8 (2.9) | 1.47 [0.78,2.76] | 0.23 | 1.21 [0.55,2.67] | 0.64 |