Hugh M Ehrenberg1, Jay D Iams, Robert L Goldenberg, Roger B Newman, Steven J Weiner, Baha M Sibai, Steve N Caritis, Menachem Miodovnik, Mitchell P Dombrowski. 1. * For the other members of the NICHD MFMU who participated in this study, see the Appendix online at http://links.lww.com/A617. From the Case Western Reserve University-MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Washington, DC; University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations among maternal obesity, uterine contraction frequency, and spontaneous preterm birth in women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth. METHODS: In a secondary analysis, we analyzed data from 253 women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth (prior spontaneous preterm birth, vaginal bleeding) enrolled in a multicenter observational study of home uterine activity monitoring at 11 centers. All women wore a uterine activity monitor twice daily from 22 weeks through 34 weeks of gestation. Mean and maximal contractions/hour at 22-24, 25-26, 27-28, 29-30, 31-32 weeks, and at or after 33 weeks of gestation were compared between overweight/obese women (a body mass index [BMI] at 22-24 weeks greater than 25 kg/m) and normal/underweight women (a BMI of 25 kg/m or less) at each gestational age interval. Multivariable analysis evaluated the influences of BMI, contractions, fetal fibronectin, and transvaginal cervical length on spontaneous preterm birth before 35 weeks. RESULTS: Obese/overweight women (n=156) were significantly less likely to experience spontaneous preterm birth before 35 weeks (8.3% compared with 21.7%, P<.01). For each gestational age interval before 32 weeks, obese/overweight women had fewer mean contractions/hour (P<.01 for each) and maximal contractions/hour (P<.01 for each) than normal/underweight women, although their mean cervical lengths (34.3 mm compared with 33.1 mm, P=.25), and fetal fibronectin levels (7.1% compared with 7.2% 50 ng/mL or more, P=.97) were similar at study enrollment. Obese/overweight status was associated with a lower risk of spontaneous preterm birth before 35 weeks after controlling for contraction frequency and other factors evaluated at 22-24 weeks, but not at later periods. CONCLUSION: Obese/overweight women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth exhibit less uterine activity and less frequent spontaneous preterm birth before 35 weeks of gestation than normal/underweight women. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations among maternal obesity, uterine contraction frequency, and spontaneous preterm birth in women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth. METHODS: In a secondary analysis, we analyzed data from 253 women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth (prior spontaneous preterm birth, vaginal bleeding) enrolled in a multicenter observational study of home uterine activity monitoring at 11 centers. All women wore a uterine activity monitor twice daily from 22 weeks through 34 weeks of gestation. Mean and maximal contractions/hour at 22-24, 25-26, 27-28, 29-30, 31-32 weeks, and at or after 33 weeks of gestation were compared between overweight/obesewomen (a body mass index [BMI] at 22-24 weeks greater than 25 kg/m) and normal/underweight women (a BMI of 25 kg/m or less) at each gestational age interval. Multivariable analysis evaluated the influences of BMI, contractions, fetal fibronectin, and transvaginal cervical length on spontaneous preterm birth before 35 weeks. RESULTS:Obese/overweight women (n=156) were significantly less likely to experience spontaneous preterm birth before 35 weeks (8.3% compared with 21.7%, P<.01). For each gestational age interval before 32 weeks, obese/overweight women had fewer mean contractions/hour (P<.01 for each) and maximal contractions/hour (P<.01 for each) than normal/underweight women, although their mean cervical lengths (34.3 mm compared with 33.1 mm, P=.25), and fetal fibronectin levels (7.1% compared with 7.2% 50 ng/mL or more, P=.97) were similar at study enrollment. Obese/overweight status was associated with a lower risk of spontaneous preterm birth before 35 weeks after controlling for contraction frequency and other factors evaluated at 22-24 weeks, but not at later periods. CONCLUSION:Obese/overweight women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth exhibit less uterine activity and less frequent spontaneous preterm birth before 35 weeks of gestation than normal/underweight women. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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