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Prepregnancy obesity linked to stillbirth. (Risk Doubled).

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| July 01, 2002 | Bates, Betsy | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

LOS ANGELES -- Women with a body mass index greater than 30 had a twofold risk of unexplained stillbirth in a Canadian study, Dr. Sandra Baydock and Dr. Radha Chari said in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Dr. Baydock and Dr. Chari, both of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, examined the records from all singleton pregnancies that ended at greater than 24 weeks' gestation or at a birth weight greater than 500 g at three obstetric hospitals in Edmonton during a 36-month period.

They found 93 cases in which the cause of the stillbirth was unexplained after a full stillbirth work-up and compared those cases to 134 matched controls in which pregnancy ended in a live birth.

Prepregnancy obesity, defined as having a body mass index of more than 30, was found to be ...

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