Association between body mass index and pregnancy outcome in a randomized trial of cerclage for short cervix

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether increasing body mass index (BMI) alters the efficacy of ultrasound-directed cerclage in women with a history of preterm birth.

METHODS: This was a planned secondary analysis of a multicenter trial in which women with a singleton gestation and prior spontaneous preterm birth (17 to 33 + 6 weeks' gestation) were screened for a short cervix by serial transvaginal ultrasound evaluations between 16 and 22 + 6 weeks. Women with a short cervix (cervical length < 25 mm) were randomly assigned to cerclage or not. Linear and logistic regression were used to assess the relationship between BMI and continuous and categorical variables, respectively.

RESULTS: Overall, in the screened women (n = 986), BMI was not associated with cervical length (P = 0.68), gestational age at delivery (P = 0.12) or birth at < 35 weeks (P = 0.68). For the cerclage group (n = 148), BMI had no significant effect. For the no-cerclage group (n = 153), BMI was associated with a decrease in gestational age at delivery, with an estimated slope of - 0.14 weeks per kg/m(2) (P = 0.03; including adjustment for cervical length). This result was driven primarily by several women with BMI > 47 kg/m(2).

CONCLUSION: In women at high risk for recurrent preterm birth, BMI was not associated with cervical length or gestational age at birth. BMI did not appear to adversely affect ultrasound-indicated cerclage.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Dec;40(6):619. - PMID 23192993

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology - 40(2012), 6 vom: 06. Dez., Seite 669-73

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Farinelli, C K [VerfasserIn]
Wing, D A [VerfasserIn]
Szychowski, J M [VerfasserIn]
Owen, J [VerfasserIn]
Hankins, G [VerfasserIn]
Iams, J D [VerfasserIn]
Sheffield, J S [VerfasserIn]
Perez-Delboy, A [VerfasserIn]
Berghella, V [VerfasserIn]
Guzman, E R [VerfasserIn]
Vaginal Ultrasound Trial Consortium [VerfasserIn]
Ramin, Susan [Sonstige Person]
Tomlinson, Mark [Sonstige Person]
Knudtson, Eric [Sonstige Person]
Egerman, Robert [Sonstige Person]
Silver, Richard [Sonstige Person]
How, Helen [Sonstige Person]
Gordon, Mike [Sonstige Person]

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Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 06.05.2013

Date Revised 20.10.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Dec;40(6):619. - PMID 23192993

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/UOG.11170

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NLM222997222