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| June 01, 2001 | Splete, Heidi | COPYRIGHT 2001 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

Preterm delivery and delivery of a low birth-weight infant are the pregnancy out comes most affected by maternal under weight, reported Dr. N.J. Sebire and colleagues at St. Mary's Hospital, London.

Although maternal underweight--defined as a body mass index (BMI) of less than 20 kg/[m.sup.2]--was linked to some pregnancy complications, it was also associated with a reduced risk of several others in a population-based study

The St. Mary's Maternity Information System database provided information on 176,923 completed singleton pregnancies from mothers with a normal BMI and 38,182 pregnancies in mothers with a low BMI. A normal BMI was defined as 20-25.

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