Interventions during labor in relation to height in obese women

Zentralbl Gynakol. 2000;122(7):395-6.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate, whether height is a predictor of interventions during labor in obese women. Therefore the relationship between height and interventions during labor was investigated in 661 obese women delivering a single child in vertex presentation. Diabetic mothers were excluded. As a result there was a trend towards more medical inductions in tall women, but without reaching statistical significance. No other differences were found. We conclude, that short stature is not a major predictor of interventions during labor in Danish, obese women.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Body Height*
  • Body Weight*
  • Cesarean Section / statistics & numerical data*
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Denmark / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications / etiology*
  • Pregnancy Complications / surgery*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sweden / epidemiology