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Body mass index at age 18–20 and later risk of spontaneous abortion in the Health Examinees Study (HEXA)

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Title
Body mass index at age 18–20 and later risk of spontaneous abortion in the Health Examinees Study (HEXA)
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, September 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12884-015-0665-2
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Sun Jae Jung, Sue Kyung Park, Aesun Shin, Sang-Ah Lee, Ji-Yeob Choi, Yun-Chul Hong, Keun-Young Yoo, Jong-Koo Lee, Daehee Kang

Abstract

Spontaneous abortion (SA) affects 11.2% of recognized pregnancies in Korea. Many studies have focused on the increased risk of SA in obese populations, but there are few studies that have focused on underweight (Body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2) women, especially in relation to pre-pregnancy BMI. The aim of this study was to examine the role of pre-pregnancy BMI at age 18-20 in later SA. Among the women who were ever pregnant in the Health Examinees Study (HEXA), which was one of the cohorts studied in the KoGES (Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study) from 2004 to 2012 (N = 80,447), the likelihood of SA based on pre-pregnancy BMI, classified by the criteria for Asians (Underweight: <18.5 kg/m2; Normal range: 18.5-22.9 kg/m2; Overweight at risk: 23-24.9 kg/m2; Obese I: 25-29.9 kg/m2; Obese II: ≥30 kg/m2), was presented as odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) using logistic regression models. Being underweight or obese relative to the normal weight range was associated with a higher likelihood of SA (OR = 1.10 [95% CI = 1.05-1.15] in underweight women and OR = 1.06 [95% CI = 0.96-1.16] in obese women), and this effect was much greater in women who experienced recurrent SAs (for three or more SAs: OR = 1.29 [95% CI 1.14-1.46] in underweight women and OR = 1.39 [95% CI 1.09-1.78] in obese women). Obesity was associated with an increased likelihood of SA at a younger age (≤25 years), whereas underweight was associated with an increased OR of SA at an older age (≥26 years). As this study was conducted with baseline data of original cohort which focused on other chronic diseases, recall for previous pregnancy-related information might be less accurate. However, this study shows strength in its large size and prospective potential. Pre-pregnancy BMI at ages 18-20 years revealed a U-shaped association with SA, and underweight and obese women showed increased likelihood for SA during different age periods.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 20%
Professor 5 9%
Student > Bachelor 5 9%
Other 3 6%
Student > Master 3 6%
Other 10 19%
Unknown 17 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 22 41%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 6%
Environmental Science 2 4%
Arts and Humanities 2 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 20 37%
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#17,774,112
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#3,331
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