The association of body mass index with health outcomes: causal, inconsistent, or confounded?

Pnm-26: The Association Between Maternal Body Mass Index During First Trimester of Pregnancy with Preeclampsia

Background: Preeclampsia is the most important problems in pregnancy that irreparable complications for mother and fetus has. Maternal body mass index in the first trimester of pregnancy and weight gain during pregnancy is important in pregnancy outcome. This study to determine the association BMI first trimester mothers with preeclampsia have been done Materials and Methods: In this prospectiv...

Reducing the risk of low or high birth weight for women with low or high body mass index under the care of high quality hospital by using instrumental variable

Background and purpose: Women with low (high) pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) recently delivered infants with approximately normal or close to normal birth weights under the high quality of prenatal care. This study estimated the effect of pre-pregnancy BMI when concerns about the effects of different quality levels of prenatal care and the health status of mothers and their infants existed...

The Association Between Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Pregnancy Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study

The Effects of Maternal and Paternal Body Mass Index on Live Birth Rate after Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Cycles

Objective The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of couple`s obesity simultaneously on in-vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) outcomes. MaterialsAndMethods This cross-sectional study was performed in Royan institute between January 2013 and January 2014. The recorded data of all patients during this time period were evaluated. The study population was ...

Association between Enuresis and Body Mass Index in Schoolchildren

BackgroundAutomatic release of urine at any time of a day during sleep beyond the age of five years defined enuresis as a health disorders in children. The etiology of enuresis is still not clearly understood. Body Mass Index (BMI) is an indicator to evaluate the growth trend of individuals in a population for any specific age group. Evaluation of obesity in children is important and provides a...