Correlation of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and the Outcome of Pregnancy
Author(s): Blessy David, K.Vani *, E. Chandra
Abstract
A prospective, randomized study was designed to study the correlate the pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI) with the outcome of pregnancy. The Present study focuses on to evaluate the incidence of abnormal BMI m pregnant women attending our antenatal clinic and to correlate the pre-pregnancy BMI with adverse maternal complications like Hypothyroidism, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Anaemia, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and infections.