GLOBAL HEALTH: Miscarriage Risk in Women with Low Body Mass Index

Audio Journal of Global Health Issues, January 26th, 2007 Miscarriage Risk in Women with Low Body Mass Index REFERENCE: BJOG 2007 114:170 PAT DOYLE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Underweight women were found to be at increased risk of miscarriage, according to a study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. A team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine conducted a survey by questionnaire of 6 000 women among whom 600 had a first trimester miscarriage. Using a “case-control” method of comparison it emerged that women with a body mass index below 18.5 had a 70 per cent increase in their risk of miscarriage. Peter Goodwin heard more about the study from Pat Doyle of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.