Relationship between body mass index of third trimester of pregnancy and type of delivery

Autor: Soroosh Aminolsharieh Najafi Aminolsharieh Najafi, Mahin Nomali, Zahra Goudarzi, Azita Maslahati, Elham Mobasheri
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Tehran University Medical Journal, Vol 72, Iss 12, Pp 831-837 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1683-1764
1735-7322
Popis: Background: Maternal Body Mass Index (BMI) is considered as one of most effective determinant of delivery rout, by increase in this index, risk factor of cesarean section enhanced. Based on high prevalence of obesity in women, this study designed to assess the relationship between admission BMI and type of delivery. Methods: Five hundred and forty pregnant women in third trimester of pregnancy (≥37weeks) were studied within 1 year (from June 2012 to June 2013), at Sayad Shirazi Referral Hospital, Gorgan, Iran, through a analytic cross-sectional study. BMI was calculated for each mother at the time of labor admission. Height and weight were measured, and were categorized into 3 groups according to their BMI which included of underweight and normal (BMI
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