Obesity and the risk of toxaemia of pregnancy
| Autor: | S. J. Fields, L. Sirotta, P. Merlob, M. Vainder, Gregory Livshits |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Aging medicine.medical_specialty Physiology Epidemiology Pregnancy Complications Cardiovascular Hospital records Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Risk Factors Genetics Humans Medicine Eclampsia Obesity Israel Gynecology Univariate analysis business.industry Obstetrics Pregnancy Outcome Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Anthropometry medicine.disease Increased risk Case-Control Studies Hypertension Female Outcome data business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Human Biology. 23:353-362 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5033 0301-4460 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03014469600004602 |
| Popis: | SummaryThe purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (toxaemia) and obesity. We collected sociodemographic, anthropometric, medical and pregnancy outcome data from the hospital records of 248 Israeli women diagnosed with either pregnancy-induced or chronic hypertension, and compared these data to a control group of 236 women. Univariate analysis showed that while there exists a statistically significant positive association between obesity and hypertension (both pregnancy-induced and chronic) obesity presents no added risk to the development of toxaemia. Furthermore, we found a significant decrease in the rate of obesity among primigravid versus multigravid mothers with toxaemia superimposed on pregnancy-induced hypertension. On the other hand, primigravid mothers with PIH were at an increased risk of developing toxaemia as compared to multigravid women. These results suggest that obesity is not a significant factor in the development of toxaemia. |
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