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• TITLE: Obese Nulliparous Women and the Risk for Maternal and Fetal Complications

  AUTHORS: Hussein Attia Sharara, Laman Naji Abdul Rhaman, Firdous Ummunnisa, Naseera Aboubaker, Maisa Mohammed Abdullah, Nissar Shaikh

  KEYWORDS: Overweight; Obese Nulliparous; Gestational Diabetes; Pregnancy Induced Hypertension; Assisted Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.4 No.5, March 20, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Obesity is becoming a global health care problem and an increasing number of obese female patients are getting pregnant. Aim of our study was to know the prevalence of obesity in nulliparous women and its impact on pregnancy as well as fetus. Patients and Methods: All nulliparous women with single pregnancy and gestational age of 37 weeks and above were included in the study. Primigradvida with multiple pregnancies, fetal abnormalities, and gestational age less than 37 weeks were excluded. Patients were divided into normal, overweight and obese group according to their prepragnancy body mass index (BMI). Results: Total 2243 nulliparous women were included in the study, majority (56.8%) of patients were in the normal BMI group and only 24.8% were obese. But a significantly higher number of obese nulliparous women were in the age group of 18 to 29 years (P significantly higher (P 0.05) in obese nulliparous women. Overweight and obese nulliparous patients required significantly higher emergency caesarean section and assisted vaginal deliveries compared to the normal BMI nulliparous women (P