Abstract:

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between pelvic measurements and body mass index (BMI) among pre-pregnancy young adult women in our population. Method: The sample group consisted of 83 midwifery students who agreed to participate in the study. The anthropometric pelvic measurements which are intercrestal diameter (IC), interspinous diameter (IS), intertrochanteric diameter (IT), intertuberous diameter (ITb), and Baudelocque diameter (anteroposterior diameter) was obtained by a single investigator with a pelvimeter. The program Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 21.0) was used to create a descriptive analysis, and the Pearson correlation coefficient was performed to determine significance (p0.05). Results: The participants’ mean age was 19.72±1.16. The mean values of BMI, IC, IS, IT, ITb and Baudelocque diameter of participants were 22.71±3.26, 27.88±1.74, 25.31±2.01, 32.54±2.23, 12.41±1.51, and 20.40±1.62, respectively. Significant positive correlations were found between IC and BMI (r=0.434), IS and BMI (r=0.285), IT and BMI (r=0.051), and Baudelocque diameter and BMI (r=0.502). No significant differences were found between ITb and BMI (r=0.051 and p>0.05). Conclusion: The data indicates that IC, IS, IT, and Baudelocque diameter all correlate with BMI.

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