title: Evaluation of excessive pregnancy weight gain effect in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy BMI on macrosomia of neonates.
abstract: The objective of this study was evaluation of excessive pregnancy weight gain effect in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy BMI on macrosomia of neonate. In a descriptive cross-sectional study, neonate weighs of all term pregnancy in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy BMI delivered from 2002 to 2004 in Shaheed Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd, were evaluated. Compared with mothers with normal pregnancy weight gain, the risk of macrosomia in offsprings was significantly elevated in women who had excess weight gain. The odds ratio (OR) was 3.3 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.2 - 5.1, P = 0.0001). Given the complications associated with delivering large babies, women may benefit from not gaining excess weight in pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Shaheed Sadoughi Hospital, Shaheed Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran. sekhavat@ssu.ac.ir
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sekhavat
authors.forename: Motaharah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golestan
authors.forename: Razieh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fallah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D015430:Weight Gain