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OBESITY IN THE JAMAICAN PARTURIENT
Author(s) -
Roopnarinesingh S. S.,
Pathak U. N.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1970.tb03422.x
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , diabetes mellitus , weight loss , pediatrics , pregnancy , birth weight , endocrinology , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Summary The reproductive performance of one hundred obese negro women was compared with that of an equivalent number of negro women of average weight. The main hazards of obesity were hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The incidence of prolonged labour was not increased, and there was a low incidence of prematurity. The infants were significantly larger in the obese group but despite this, dispropor‐tion seldom occurred. The obese patients gained less weight antenatally, and lost more in the puerperium, than the controls. There was an age‐related difference in mean antenatal weight‐gain and puerperal weight‐loss in the obese, but not in the controls.