title: The influence of obesity on abdominal cesarean section delivery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The analyze the potential influence between obesity in pregnancy and the abdominal delivery-cesarean section and to establish the possibility of its prevention.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective study examined 200 patients, delivered by cesarean section in a one-year period. The study included a structured questionnaire; the body weight at the end of pregnancy was measured and it was analyzed against all available medicine documentation. Statistical analysis included: chi2 test, Student's t-test, and Fisher's test, as well the Pearson's and Spearman's test of correlation rank.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From all 200 (100%) patients delivered by cesarean section, 67 (33.5%) were overweight and obese. Body mass index at the beginning of pregnancy was significantly associated with cesarean section (chi2 = 69.141; p < 0.001), along with the appearance of eventual pregnancy complications, and also with the neonatal birth weight (p = 0.224; p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nutritive status, both at the beginning and at the end of pregnancy is the important factor for the pregnancy outcome.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trisovic
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kontic
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Babovic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Plecas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kisic Tepavcevic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009765:Obesity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult