A comparison of South Asian specific and established BMI thresholds for determining obesity prevalence in pregnancy and predicting pregnancy complications: findings from the Born in Bradford cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe how maternal obesity prevalence varies by established international and South Asian specific body mass index (BMI) cut-offs in women of Pakistani origin and investigate whether different BMI thresholds can help to identify women at risk of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes.

Design

Prospective bi-ethnic birth cohort study (the Born in Bradford (BiB) cohort).

Setting

Bradford, a deprived city in the North of the UK.

Participants

A total of 8478 South Asian and White British pregnant women participated in the BiB cohort study.

Main outcome measures

Maternal obesity prevalence; prevalence of known obesity-related adverse pregnancy outcomes: mode of birth, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), gestational diabetes, macrosomia and

SUBMITTER: Bryant M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3791414 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature