The aim of the study is to investigate body composition in newborn children of women with PCOS and controls and to investigate adverse obstetric outcomes in pregnant women with PCOS.
A prospective cohort study investigating 208 women with PCOS giving birth after singleton pregnancies at Odense Univesity Hospital during 2003-2011 and a date-of-childbirth matched control group of 1040 women. Anthropometric data from children is recorded as well as data on maternal parity, age, pre-gestational BMI, and adverse obstetric outcomes.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,248
Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
Anthropometric measures
Abdominal circumference, birth weight, birth length, and head circumference.
Time frame: Date of birth (1 day)
Adverse obstetric outcomes
Presence of gestational diabetes mellitus, pregnancy induced hypertension, or pre-eclampsia during pregnancy. Registration of gestational age at childbirth, medical induction of birth, caesarean section,instrumental delivery, anal sphincter rupture, and shoulder dystocia.
Time frame: From beginning of pregnancy until the date of delivery (approximately 9 months)
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