The Association between Abnormal Body Mass Index and First Trimester Spontaneous Abortion in Iraqi Women: Case Control Study

The lack of consensus regarding the effect of pre-pregnancy BMI on pregnancy outcome and in particular on the risk of early miscarriage, and the rarity of Iraqi literatures dealing with this subject, justified the planning and the conduction of this study on a sample of Iraqi pregnancy ladies that unfortunately developed spontaneous abortion in the Mid-Euphrates region of Iraq. Aim of the study: To evaluate the correlation between pre-pregnancy bMI and risk of spontaneous abortion. The study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Al-Diwaniyah maternity and Child Hospital in AL-Diwaniyah Province, Mid-Euphrates region of Iraq. The study was started at January 2018 and ended at March 2019. bMI measurements of two groups of women, the first group included women with early spontaneous abortion and the second group included women with uneventful term or near term pregnancy, were obtained and contrasted. There was no significant difference in mean BMI between study and control groups, 24.60 ± 4.57 kg/m² versus 23.55 ± 3.50 kg/m², respectively (P = 0.195). However, the incidence rates of underweight and overweight were significantly higher in study than in control groups, 10% versus 1.7% and 40% versus 23.3%, respectively (P <0.05).