Tweetable abstract
Our results showed that under the proper pre-pregnant BMI criteria in
South China, the proportion of underweight women was nearly equal to
that of overweight/obese women. Underweight women had significant higher
TC level than those of normal-weight women and overweight/obese women.
Moreover, underweight women with high TC level had significantly higher
occurrence of LGA, and lower occurrence of SGA, while there were no
significant associations between serum TC and LGA or SGA in
normal-weight women and overweight/obese women. Therefore, we recommend
pre-pregnant underweight women to control their serum lipid level
properly for preventing the occurrence of LGA and other adverse maternal
and fetal outcomes.