Maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain and their association with perinatal outcomes in Viet Nam.
Bull World Health Organ
; 89(2): 127-36, 2011 Feb 01.
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| ID: mdl-21346924
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To examine the association between gestational weight gain and maternal body mass index (BMI) among Vietnamese women and the risk of delivering an infant too small or too large for gestational age.METHODS:
A prospective health-facility-based study of 2989 pregnant Vietnamese women was conducted in the city of Nha Trang in 2007-2008. Cubic logistic regression was used to investigate the association of interest. Infants were classified into weight-for-gestational-age categories according to weight centiles for the Asian population. Gestational age was based on the date of last menstrual period and adjusted by the results of first-trimester ultrasound.FINDINGS:
BMI was low (< 18.5), normal (18.5-22.9) and high (≥ 23.0) in 26.1%, 65.4% and 8.5% of the women, respectively. In each of these BMI categories, the percentage of women who delivered infants too small for gestational age was 18.1, 10.0 and 9.4, respectively, and the mean gestational weight gain was 12.5 kg (standard deviation, SD ± 3.6), 12.2 kg (SD ± 3.8) and 11.5 kg (SD ± 4.7), respectively. Among women with low BMI, the risk of delivering an infant too small for gestational age ranged from approximately 40% if the gestational weight gain was < 5 kg to 20% if it was 5-10 kg.CONCLUSION:
Having a low BMI, commonly found in Viet Nam, puts women at risk of delivering an infant too small for gestational age, especially when total maternal gestational weight gain is < 10 kg.
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Colección:
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Peso al Nacer
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Resultado del Embarazo
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Aumento de Peso
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Índice de Masa Corporal
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Edad Gestacional
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Bienestar Materno
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bull World Health Organ
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón