Pregestational body mass index, weight gain during pregnancy and perinatal outcome: a retrospective descriptive study

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira,Lais Assenheimer de Paula
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Piccinato,Carla de Azevedo, Cordioli,Eduardo, Zlotnik,Eduardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Einstein (São Paulo)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082020000100212
• topic: Body mass index; Obesity; Pregnancy; Weight gain; Perinatal care; Prenatal care; Diabetes, gestational

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the pregestational body mass index and weight gain during pregnancy, and to associate data to perinatal outcomes of pregnant women from a Prenatal Care Program. Methods A retrospective study was carried out with 151 patients seen at the Healthy Gestation Program of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein . Data were collected from a medical chart review of the patients seen between March 2015 and March 2016. Results The chance of developing gestational diabetes for obese patients in early gestation was estimated at 7.5-fold as compared to patients with low or normal body mass index. Conclusion There was a significant association between obesity in early pregnancy and the occurrence of gestational diabetes mellitus in this population.