A total of 47 pregnant patients with obesity (cases) and 45 lean
women (controls) were identified. Subject characteristics, obstetric
complications and fetal outcomes are summarized in Table 1. Mean
age was 29.6 ± 5.6 years in cases (range 19–40) and 28.8 ± 6.2 years
(range 18–40) in controls, p = 0.5. Mean BMI was 36.2 ± 5.5 kg/m2
in the case group and 21.7 ± 1.9 kg/m2 in the control group.