Women’s Health, Gynecology and Obstetrics

Obesity is increasing all over the world, affecting more than one billion people worldwide. The prevalence of obesity varies from population to population and is estimated to be 5% in developing countries and 30-35% in developed nations. Obesity also hampers female reproductive system and has been associated spontaneousmiscarriage, polycystic ovarian disease, subfertility and infertility. The prevalence of  

subfertility ranges from 5-28% in the developed countries. 

Objective: 

To determine the frequency of obesity in women of child bearing age presenting with primary subfertility, in Gynaecology department of Nishtar Medical College/Hospital Multan.

Study Design: Descriptive, Cross Sectional study. 

Settings: Department of Gynecology, Nishtar Medical College/Hospital Multan. 

Duration of Study: 10-Aug-2018 to 09-Feb-2019. 

Patients and Methods: 

All primary subfertile women of child bearing age having age 18-40 years were included in this study. A total number of 163 females were selected. A senior consultant made the diagnosis of primary subfertility. The data of BMI was taken at the time of checkup of patient in the hospital. Patients having BMI >25 kg/m2 were labelled as obese.Date analysis was carried out using SPSS version 19 Software. Frequency and  

percentage were calculated for the frequency of obesity. Stratification of effect modifiers e.g. age, duration of marriage and BMI was done. 

Results: 

Mean age of patients included in this study was 28.59+5.15 years. Mean body mass index (BMI) of patients was 23.82+03.67 kg/m2. Mean duration of marriage was 24.41+12.38 months. There were 39 (23.93%) obese patients, while remaining 124 (76.07%) patients were having body mass index. 

Conclusion: 

There is a high frequency of obesity in subfertile females. In present study, the frequency of obesity in primary subfertile females was 23.93%. 

Keywords: Subfertility, Body mass index (BMI), Obesity.