A Study of Relation of Maternal Overweight and Obesity with Congenital Malformation in a Population of Eastern India
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Overweight and obesity is a rising health related problem in recent times. It affects general population, the pregnant mother as well as the conception in various ways. Aim of our study was to find out from the data sets recorded in chief district medial officer’s offices, S.C.B. medical college and various hospitals and institutes in and around Cuttack city, Odisha, whether maternal overweight & obesity is associated with an increased risk for various structural birth defects. The study resign is a retrospective study. The study population consisted of 200 newborns and foetuses with congenital malformations in and around Cuttack city from January 2015, to September 2015. Maternal weight and height data were obtained from the Hospital records where the children were born or the pregnancies were terminated. About 35 % of the study population was overweight and 17% were obese. Congenital malformation was more associated with obesity. Cardiovascular defects (37%) and neural tube defects (32%) were the most frequent malformations. Other congenital defects were less frequent. It can be concluded that maternal overweight & obesity is a risk for congenital defects.
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Madhuri Panigrahi, Santosh K. Panda
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