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Table 6. Frequency of postpartum complications in our sample. CI = Confidence Interval. Odds Ratio was calculated for obesity in general against adverse pregnancy outcomes. *These data were taking from Haseeb et. al study for comparison between obese and non-obese. ^aP<.05, ^bP<.001.

	Normal BMI*	Obese class I	Obese class II	Obese class III	Odds ratio (CI)	Frequency
	(18.5-24.9)	(30-34.9)	(35-39.9)	(>40.0)
	N=300	N=620	N=262	N=155
Vaginal laceration^a	-	46 (7.4%)	9 (3.4%)	5 (3.2%)	1.13(1.04-1.23)^a	60
Perianal laceration^a 1^st	-	29 (4.7%)	4 (1.5%)	4 (2.6%)	1.1(1-1.23)	37
Perianal laceration^a 2^nd	-	17 (2.7%)	4 (1.5%)	2 (1.3%)	1.17(1.01-1.36)^a	23
Perianal laceration^a 3^rd	-	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0	0.95(0.14-6.67)	2
SSI	-	10 (1.6%)	3 (1.1%)	5 (3.2%)	0.94(0.87-1.02)	18
PPH^a	3 (1%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (1.3%)	1.03(0.9-1.18)	12
Endometritis^a	-	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.6%)	1.01(0.85-1.21)	6
Wound dehiscence	-	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0.76(0.23-2.53)	4
Internal hemorrhoids	-	1 (0.2%)	0	0	-	¹

Table 6. Frequency of postpartum complications in our sample. CI = Confidence Interval. Odds Ratio was calculated for obesity in general against adverse pregnancy outcomes. *These data were taking from Haseeb et. al study for comparison between obese and non-obese. aP<.05, bP<.001.