title: Interventions during labor in relation to height in obese women.
abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate, whether height is a predictor of interventions during labor in obese women. Therefore the relationship between height and interventions during labor was investigated in 661 obese women delivering a single child in vertex presentation. Diabetic mothers were excluded. As a result there was a trend towards more medical inductions in tall women, but without reaching statistical significance. No other differences were found. We conclude, that short stature is not a major predictor of interventions during labor in Danish, obese women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Herning Central Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Agger
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology