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Does maternal obesity explain trends in caesarean section rates? Evidence from a large Irish maternity hospital.

Aoife BrickRichard LayteAoife McKeatingSharon R SheehanMichael J Turner
Published in: Irish journal of medical science (2019)
The study found that although the prevalence of being overweight or obese changed little over the period, the odds of having a CS if a woman is obese have increased for multiparas. For nulliparas, increasing CS rates were found to be strongly associated with an increase in maternal age over the period which is important because of the evidence that Irish women are choosing to defer having their first baby until later in life.
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