Obesity and cesarean section rate among low-risk primiparous women in Victoria, Australia: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Women living with overweight, or obesity are at risk of pregnancy and birth complications. This study investigated the trend and associations between overweight and obesity on cesarean births and their contribution to cesarean births among low-risk primiparous women in Australia.

Material and methods

Body mass index data were obtained for 219, 950 primipara (aged 20─34 years) with singleton, term pregnancies without malpresentations from the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection registry (2010─2019). Women were grouped according to body mass index and logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the trend and associations of overweight and obesity with cesarean births. The contribution of overweight and obesity to cesarean births were estimated using popu

SUBMITTER: Mekonnen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11919740 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature