Elham Kazemian
West Indies
Research Article
Maternal Obesity and Energy Intake as Risk Factors for Pregnancy
Induced Hypertension among Iranian Women
Author(s): Elham Kazemian, Gity Sotoudeh, Ahmad Reza Dorosti- Motlagh, Mohammad Reza Eshraghian and Minoo BagheriElham Kazemian, Gity Sotoudeh, Ahmad Reza Dorosti- Motlagh, Mohammad Reza Eshraghian and Minoo Bagheri
Background: Pregnancy induced hypertension is an abnormality causing striking maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in the world. The aim of present study was to assess pre pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain beside energy intake during pregnancy as risk factors for developing gestational hypertension. Methods: A case-control study was conducted at Shahid Akbarabadi Hospital of obstetrics and gynecology in south of Tehran. Results: Women who were obese (Odds Ratio (OD): 4.44; 95% Confidence Intervals (CI): 1.84-10.72) before pregnancy were more likely to develop gestational hypertension compared with woman who had normal prepregnancy BMI. Also having excessive gestational weight gain proportion was positively and significantly associated with development of gestational hypertension (OR, 2.70; 95% CI: 1.19-6.13). Furthermore, findings of present study revealed that.. View More»
