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dc.contributor.authorTurner, Michael J
dc.contributor.authorFattah, Chro
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Norah
dc.contributor.authorFarah, Nadine
dc.contributor.authorKennelly, Mairead
dc.contributor.authorStuart, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-01T10:57:32Z
dc.date.available2012-02-01T10:57:32Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-01T10:57:32Z
dc.identifier.citationEur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2010 Aug;151(2):168-70. Epub 2010 May 21.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn1872-7654 (Electronic)en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0301-2115 (Linking)en_GB
dc.identifier.pmid20488611en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.04.021en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/208008
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: We compared the incidence of spontaneous miscarriage in women categorised as obese, based on a Body Mass Index (BMI) >29.9 kg/m(2), with women in other BMI categories. STUDY DESIGN: In a prospective observational study conducted in a university teaching hospital, women were enrolled at their convenience in the first trimester after a sonogram confirmed an ongoing singleton pregnancy with fetal heart activity present. Maternal height and weight were measured digitally and BMI calculated. Maternal body composition was measured by advanced bioelectrical impedance analysis. RESULTS: In 1200 women, the overall miscarriage rate was 2.8% (n=33). The mean gestational age at enrolment was 9.9 weeks. In the obese category (n=217), the miscarriage rate was 2.3% compared with 3.3% in the overweight category (n=329), and 2.3% in the normal BMI group (n=621). There was no difference in the mean body composition parameters, particularly fat mass parameters, between those women who miscarried and those who did not. CONCLUSIONS: In women with sonographic evidence of fetal heart activity in the first trimester, the rate of spontaneous miscarriage is low and is not increased in women with BMI>29.9 kg/m(2) compared to women in the normal BMI category.
dc.language.isoengen_GB
dc.subject.meshAbortion, Spontaneous/*epidemiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshAdulten_GB
dc.subject.meshBody Composition/physiologyen_GB
dc.subject.mesh*Body Mass Indexen_GB
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_GB
dc.subject.meshHumansen_GB
dc.subject.meshObesity/*epidemiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshPregnancyen_GB
dc.subject.meshPregnancy Complications/*epidemiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshPregnancy Trimester, Firsten_GB
dc.subject.meshProspective Studiesen_GB
dc.titleBody Mass Index and spontaneous miscarriage.en_GB
dc.contributor.departmentUCD Centre for Human Reproduction, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, , Dublin 8, Ireland. michael.turner@ucd.ieen_GB
dc.identifier.journalEuropean journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biologyen_GB
dc.description.provinceLeinster
html.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: We compared the incidence of spontaneous miscarriage in women categorised as obese, based on a Body Mass Index (BMI) >29.9 kg/m(2), with women in other BMI categories. STUDY DESIGN: In a prospective observational study conducted in a university teaching hospital, women were enrolled at their convenience in the first trimester after a sonogram confirmed an ongoing singleton pregnancy with fetal heart activity present. Maternal height and weight were measured digitally and BMI calculated. Maternal body composition was measured by advanced bioelectrical impedance analysis. RESULTS: In 1200 women, the overall miscarriage rate was 2.8% (n=33). The mean gestational age at enrolment was 9.9 weeks. In the obese category (n=217), the miscarriage rate was 2.3% compared with 3.3% in the overweight category (n=329), and 2.3% in the normal BMI group (n=621). There was no difference in the mean body composition parameters, particularly fat mass parameters, between those women who miscarried and those who did not. CONCLUSIONS: In women with sonographic evidence of fetal heart activity in the first trimester, the rate of spontaneous miscarriage is low and is not increased in women with BMI>29.9 kg/m(2) compared to women in the normal BMI category.


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