The relationship between maternal pregestational body mass index and head circumference of infants

Negin Rezavand; Abolhassan Seyedzadeh; Maryam Zangeneh; Firoozeh Veisy; Mansour Rezaie; Sara Mostofi

doi:10.22110/jkums.v17i12.1179

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The relationship between maternal pregestational body mass index and head circumference of infants

Author(s):

Negin Rezavand¹,

Abolhassan Seyedzadeh^2,*,

Maryam Zangeneh¹,

Firoozeh Veisy¹,

Mansour Rezaie³,

Sara Mostofi⁴

1Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kermanshsh University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

2Dept. of Pediatrics, Kermanshsh University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

3Dept. of Biostatistics, Kermanshsh University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

4Students Research Committee, Kermanshsh University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences:Vol. 17, issue 12; e74281

Published online:Mar 29, 2014

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 17, 2013

Accepted:Jan 07, 2014

How to Cite:Negin RezavandAbolhassan SeyedzadehMaryam ZangenehFiroozeh VeisyMansour RezaieSara Mostofiet al.The relationship between maternal pregestational body mass index and head circumference of infants.J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci.17(12):e74281.https://doi.org/10.22110/jkums.v17i12.1179.

Abstract

Background: The infantile head circumference is an accepted criterion for measurement of fetal development that has a direct association with development of the nervous system. Maternal body mass index (BMI) is an important determining factor that can be useful for the mother’s metabolic state and growth modulation. The present study investigated the relationship between infantile head circumference and maternal pregestational BMI.

Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 366 women with singleton term pregnancy (37 to 41 weeks) and normal delivery in Imam Reza and Motazedi Hospitals of Kermanshah University of Medical Science were studied. Maternal pregestational BMI was calculated by pregestational weight and height. Then, the relationship between infantile head circumference and maternal BMI was studied.

Results: There was not any statistically significant correlation between familial marriage, smoking, gestational age, parity and gender, and the variables under study. However, there was a statistically significant correlation between infantile head circumference, infantile BMI ratio, and maternal pregestational BMI. Also, there was a significant correlation between the maternal age and newborn's head circumference.

Conclusion: The results of this study showed that infantile head circumference in mothers with high BMI was higher than in mothers with normal and low BMI. Furthermore, the findings revealed no significant correlation between gestational age, infantile growth and maternal education level. Considering the importance of this topic, further investigations are required to study the relationship between fetal growth and maternal BMI.

Keywords

BMI

infantile head circumference

pregnancy

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Negin Rezavand:[PubMed][Scholar]
Abolhassan Seyedzadeh:[PubMed][Scholar]
Maryam Zangeneh:[PubMed][Scholar]
Firoozeh Veisy:[PubMed][Scholar]
Mansour Rezaie:[PubMed][Scholar]
Sara Mostofi:[PubMed][Scholar]