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Obesidade e gravidez

2007 
�SUMMARY Prevalence of obesity is increasing steadily in fertile women. We aimed to investigate its relation with pregnancy outcome in a group of Portuguese pregnant women. A retrospective analysis of 37 obese pregnant women (O group) was undertaken in the Endocrinology/Obstetric Unit, from 1998 to 2004. Control group included 33 pregnant women (C group) with normal body mass index (BMI). Our O and C groups were age matched (O: 27.9±4.35; C: 28.6±5.36 years; ns), with average BMI of 38.38 (O group) and 22.5 (C group, p<0.0001). Weight gain during pregnancy was significantly more pronounced in the C group (11.82) as compared to the O group (7.89, p<0.01). Obstetric history revealed an incidence of 24.3% of spontaneous abortions in obese patients in contrast with 6% in the control group. In which concerns complications during pregnancy, women in the O group had higher incidence of GDM (16.2%) than in the C group (3%, p=0.066). Furthermore, 27% developed
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