High pre-pregnancy body mass index and the risk of poor obstetrics outcomes among Asian women using BMI criteria for Asians by World Health Organization Western Pacific Region (WPRO): a large cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of high pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) on the risk ofpoor obstetric outcomes among Asian women using BMI criteria by Regional Office for the Western Pacific Region of WHO (WPRO).

Material And Method: The present study was a retrospective cohort. Subjects of live birth singletons who had full term delivered atfour tertiary care centers, teaching university hospitals between January and December 2012 were enrolled.