Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Obstetric Complications in Moroccan Population
Table 2
Maternal complications according to the BMI and weight gain.
Maternal complications
BMI (kg/m2)
Weight gain (kg)
<20
20–24.9
25–29.9
≥30
<8 kg
8 kg–16 kg
>16 kg
HTA (%)
5 (5.6)
47 (15.4)
20 (44.4)
14 (93.3)
<0.01
33 (11.4)
42 (28)
11 (78.6)
<0.01
Dystocia (%)
8 (7.8)
119 (13.7)
55 (15.8)
27 (31)
<0.01
52 (9.8)
122 (15.7)
35 (34.7)
<0.01
Haemorrhage (%)
6 (5.9)
97 (11.1)
42 (12.1)
17 (19.5)
0.03
44 (8.3)
95 (12.2)
23 (22.8)
<0.01
Infections (%)
7 (6.9)
126 (14.5)
54 (15.5)
27 (31)
<0.01
55 (10.4)
124 (16)
35 (34.7)
<0.01
TP# (%)
7 (6.9)
129 (14.8)
45 (12.9)
20 (23)
0.013
50 (10.6)
120 (17.4)
29 (36.7)
<0.01
Mode delivery
<0.01
Vaginal delivery (%)
94 (92.2)
777 (89.2)
305 (87.6)
64 (73.6)
473 (89.2)
688 (88.5)
79 (78.2)
Caesarean section (%)
8 (7.8)
94 (10.8)
43 (12.4)
23 (26.4)
57 (10.8)
89 (11.5)
22 (21.8)
HTA: hypertension. TP: perineal trauma.
#Vaginal delivery; quantitative variables were expressed in average ± standard deviation, and qualitative variables were expressed in numbers and percentages. Significant value < 0.05.
