The association between body mass index and postpartum hemorrhage after cesarean delivery.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to evaluate the association between obesity and postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) after cesarean delivery (CD). This was a retrospective cohort study using a multicenter database of 20 hospitals in the United States. We analyzed 27,708 patients undergoing CD from 2015 to 2019. The exposure of interest was BMI, and the primary outcome was PPH (estimated blood loss [EBL] ≥ 1000 mL). Simple logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationship between obesity and intrapartum complications. Multivariable logistic regression was used to adjust for any confounding demographic variables. Hosmer and Lemeshow's purposeful selection algorithm was adapted to develop a multivariable logistic regression model of PPH. Analyses were conducted using STATA 16.1 (College Station, Texas) with p ≤ 0.05

SUBMITTER: Whitley J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10368616 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature