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| Title |
Maternal super-obesity and perinatal outcomes in Australia: a national population-based cohort study
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12884-015-0693-y |
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| Authors |
Elizabeth A. Sullivan, Jan E. Dickinson, Geraldine A Vaughan, Michael J. Peek, David Ellwood, Caroline SE Homer, Marian Knight, Claire McLintock, Alex Wang, Wendy Pollock, Lisa Jackson Pulver, Zhuoyang Li, Nasrin Javid, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Leonie Callaway, on behalf of the Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System (AMOSS) |
| Abstract |
Super-obesity is associated with significantly elevated rates of obstetric complications, adverse perinatal outcomes and interventions. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, management and perinatal outcomes of super-obese women giving birth in Australia. A national population-based cohort study. Super-obese pregnant women (body mass index (BMI) >50 kg/m(2) or weight >140 kg) who gave birth between January 1 and October 31, 2010 and a comparison cohort were identified using the Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System (AMOSS). Outcomes included maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Prevalence estimates calculated with 95 % confidence intervals (CIs). Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were calculated using multivariable logistic regression. 370 super-obese women with a median BMI of 52.8 kg/m(2) (range 40.9-79.9 kg/m(2)) and prevalence of 2.1 per 1 000 women giving birth (95 % CI: 1.96-2.40). Super-obese women were significantly more likely to be public patients (96.2 %), smoke (23.8 %) and be socio-economically disadvantaged (36.2 %). Compared with other women, super-obese women had a significantly higher risk for obstetric (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.42, 95 % CI: 1.77-3.29) and medical (AOR: 2.89, 95 % CI: 2.64-4.11) complications during pregnancy, birth by caesarean section (51.6 %) and admission to special care (HDU/ICU) (6.2 %). The 372 babies born to 365 super-obese women with outcomes known had significantly higher rates of birthweight ≥4500 g (AOR 19.94, 95 % CI: 6.81-58.36), hospital transfer (AOR 3.81, 95 % CI: 1.93-7.55) and admission to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (AOR 1.83, 95 % CI: 1.27-2.65) compared to babies of the comparison group, but not prematurity (10.5 % versus 9.2 %) or perinatal mortality (11.0 (95 % CI: 4.3-28.0) versus 6.6 (95 % CI: 2.6- 16.8) per 1 000 singleton births). Super-obesity in pregnancy in Australia is associated with increased rates of pregnancy and birth complications, and with social disadvantage. There is an urgent need to further address risk factors leading to super-obesity among pregnant women and for maternity services to better address pre-pregnancy and pregnancy care to reduce associated inequalities in perinatal outcomes. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 135 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 13% |
| Researcher | 13 | 9% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 14% |
| Unknown | 47 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 34% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Unknown | 57 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 December 2015.
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#20,321,269
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#3,834
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#278,061
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