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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Sep 17;201(6):600.e1–600.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.030

Table II. Outcomes stratified by Body Mass Index category.

Underweight
(n = 85)
Normal
(n = 287)
Overweight
(n = 112)
Obese
(n = 67)
Morbid Obesity
(n = 11)
P value*
Chorioamnionitis
N (%) 13 (15.3%) 44 (15.3%) 24 (21.4%) 14 (20.9%) 1 (9.09%) 0.4793
OR (95% CI) 0.98 (0.51-1.95) - 1.51 (0.87-2.62) 1.46 (0.75-2.85) 0.55 (0.01-4.07)
Postpartum Endometritis
N (%) 7 (8.3%) 36 (12.5%) 12 (10.7%) 11 (16.7%) 2 (18.18%) 0.4794
OR (95% CI) 0.63 (0.27 - 1.48) - 0.83 (0.42 - 1.67) 1.39 (0.67 -2.90) 1.54 (0.16 - 7.88)
Infectious Morbidity
N (%) 12 (14.3%) 41 (14.3%) 16 (14.3%) 16 (23.9%) 2 (18.2%) 0.3846
OR (95% CI) 1.00 (0.50 - 2.00) - 1.00 (0.53 - 1.86) 1.87 (0.98 - 3.60) 1.33 (0.13 - 6.74)
Neonatal Composite Outcome
N (%) 42 (49.4%) 126 (44.1%) 52 (46.4%) 37 (55.2%) 8 (72.7%) 0.2092
OR (95% CI) 1.24 (0.76 - 2.01) - 1.10 (0.71- 1.71) 1.57 (0.92 - 2.67) 3.39 (0.79 - 20.14)
Days from rupture to delivery
Median (interquartile range) 5 (2-11) 4 (2-11) 6 (2-12) 4 (2-12) 7 (2-11) 0.8869§
Hazard Ratio (95% CL) 1.04 (0.82 - 1.33) - 0.92 (0.74 - 1.14) 0.97 (0.85 - 1.11) 1.01 (0.82 - 1.23)
*

P values were calculated from chi-square test across all BMI groups.

95% exact confidence intervals.

§

P value was calculated from Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test across all BMI groups.