Habitus and Pelvic Floor Symptoms and Support 1 Year Postpartum.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the association between habitus measures and pelvic floor support and symptoms in primiparous women 1 year after term vaginal delivery.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study including women enrolled at seven academic and community sites, we assessed pelvic floor support, weight, height, waist circumference, and percent fat using air displacement plethysmography and participants completed questionnaires, all at one year postpartum. We tested the association of quintiles of habitus measure, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, percent body fat, and waist/height ratio, with the primary outcomes: anatomic support, dichotomized as maximal vaginal descent less than 0 cm (better support) compared with 0 cm or more (worse support) per the pelvi

SUBMITTER: Nygaard IE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058285 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature