Association of maternal obesity with fetal and neonatal death: Evidence from South and South-East Asian countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity prevalence is increasing in many countries in the world, including Asia. Maternal obesity is highly associated with fetal and neonatal deaths. This study investigated whether maternal obesity is a risk factor of fetal death (measured in terms of miscarriage and stillbirth) and neonatal mortality in South and South-East Asian countries.

Methods

This cross-sectional study pooled the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from eight South and South-East Asian countries (2014-2018). Multivariate logistic regression was deployed to check the relationships between maternal obesity with fetal and neonatal deaths. Finally, multilevel logistic regression model was employed since the DHS data has a hierarchical structure.

Results

The pooled logistic

SUBMITTER: Haque R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8412251 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature