title: [Pregnancy and labor in obese women].
abstract: METHODS
  An assessment of the course of pregnancy, labour and perinatal outcome in obese women was performed.
  
  
  METHODS
  127 obese (BMI > 27) and 1315 non-obese healthy women with singleton pregnancy were compared. All the women gave birth in 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University in Warsaw.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Weight gain during pregnancy was markedly lower in obese women. The total percentage of gestational complications was significantly higher in pre-pregnancy obese women as well as the rate of cesarean deliveries. The birth weight and neonatal outcome was similar in analyzed groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pregnancy in obese women is associated with increased risk of complications reflecting the higher rate of cesarean deliveries.
authors.affiliation: I Katedry i Kliniki Połoznictwa i Ginekologii AM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szymańska
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suchońska
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wielgoś
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bomba-Opoń
authors.forename: Longin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marianowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors