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. 2016 Jun 9;11(6):e0157081.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157081. eCollection 2016.

Pregnancy Outcomes Based on Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index in Japanese Women

Kimiko Enomoto  1 , Shigeru Aoki  1 , Rie Toma  1 , Kana Fujiwara  1 , Kentaro Sakamaki  2 , Fumiki Hirahara  3
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Pregnancy Outcomes Based on Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index in Japanese Women

Kimiko Enomoto et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Objective: To verify whether body mass index (BMI) classification proposed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is valid in Japanese women.

Method: A study was conducted in 97,157 women with singleton pregnancies registered in the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) Successive Pregnancy Birth Registry System between January 2013 and December 2013, to examine pregnancy outcomes in four groups stratified by pre-pregnancy BMI category according to the 2009 criteria recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The groups comprised 17,724 underweight women with BMI <18.5, 69,126 normal weight women with BMI 18.5-24.9, 7,502 overweight women with BMI 25-29.9, and 2,805 obese women with BMI ≥30. The pregnancy outcomes were also compared among subgroups stratified by a gestational weight gain below, within, and above the optimal weight gain.

Results: The higher the pre-pregnancy BMI, the higher the incidences of pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, macrosomia, cesarean delivery, postpartum hemorrhage, and post-term birth, but the lower the incidence of small for gestational age (SGA). In all pre-pregnancy BMI category groups, excess gestational weight gain was associated with a higher frequency of large for gestational age and macrosomia; poor weight gain correlated with a higher frequency of SGA, preterm birth, preterm premature rupture of membranes, and spontaneous preterm birth; and optimal weight gain within the recommended range was associated with a better outcome.

Conclusion: The BMI classification by the IOM was demonstrated to be valid in Japanese women.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Flow diagram of study inclusion.
aBMI, body mass index; bGWG, gestational weight gain.
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