Pre-pregnancy Obesity and the Risk of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study is to evaluate the contribution of pre-pregnancy obesity and overweight to peripartum cardiomyopathy.

Study design

This population-based study used linked birth record and maternal hospital discharge data from live births in California during 2007 to 2012 (n = 2,548,380). All women who had a diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy during the childbirth hospitalization or who were diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy during a postpartum hospital readmission within 5 months of birth were identified as cases. Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI, kg/m²) was classified as normal weight (18.5-24.9), overweight (25.0-29.9), obesity class 1 (30.0-34.9), obesity class 2 (35.0-39.9), and obesity class 3 (≥40). Because of small number

SUBMITTER: Cho SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7722175 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature