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. 2020 Jan 13;70(2):138–144. doi: 10.1007/s13224-019-01301-8

Table 3.

Obesity and foetal/perinatal outcome

Outcome Non-obese Obese P value Odds ratio
Miscarriage 2 (2%) 9 (9%) 0.03 4.85 (1.02–23.03)
Congenital Malformation 1 (1%) 5 (5%) 0.09
Meconium-stained Amniotic fluida 16 (16.16%) 11 (11.96%) 0.40
Preterm deliverya 4 (4.04%) 15 (16.30%) 0.00 4.63 (1.47–14.51)
Spontaneous Preterm deliveryb 2 (2.06%) 4 (4.94%) 0.33
Medically induced preterm deliveryc 2 (2.06%) 11 (12.5%) 0.01 6.79 (1.46–31.53)
Shoulder dystociad 0 (0%) 4 (7.27%) 0.01 Can not be calculated
Birth asphyxiaa 8 (8.08%) 10 (10.87%) 0.51
Large for gestational agea 2 (2.02%) 10 (10.87%) 0.01 5.91 (1.26–27.76)
Hyperbillirubinemiaa 5 (5.05%) 17 (18.48%) 0.00 4.26 (1.50–12.08)
NICU admissiona 6 (6.06%) 16 (17.39%) 0.01 3.26 (1.22–8.75)
Perinatal mortalitya 0 (0%) 3 (3.26%) 0.07

aTotal number of births = total number of neonates

bMedically induced preterm excluded

cSpontaneous preterm excluded

dOnly vaginal birth cases