Publication date: Mar 01, 2025
To compare gestational weight gain (GWG) during pregnancy and obesity-related maternal morbidity between three months of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and three months of the previous year. A retrospective comparative study was conducted in a tertiary university-affiliated hospital. GWG, obesity rates and pregnancy complications were compared between the time periods. Among women with class I obesity, GWG was higher during the pandemic (n = 1071) than the previous year (n = 1194): 11. 16 vs. 8. 69 kg, p = 0. 04. Women during the pandemic compared to the previous year were less likely to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes (odds ratio [OR] = 0. 66, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0. 47-0. 91, p = 0. 01) or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (OR = 0. 63, 95% CI 0. 35-1. 0, p = 0. 05) after adjustment for parity, mode of conception and advanced maternal age. Gestational weight gain increased during the pandemic, yet rates of obesity-related complications were notably fewer. This is likely attributed to decreased detection consequent to limited antenatal care.
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| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Diabetes | COVID-19 pandemic |
| Pandemic | gestational diabetes |
| University | obesity |
| Women | prenatal care |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | Obesity |
| disease | MESH | complications |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| disease | MESH | gestational weight gain |
| disease | MESH | morbidity |
| disease | MESH | pregnancy complications |
| disease | MESH | gestational diabetes |