Sunday, May 14, 2017

News from ACOG 2017: Obese Women face higher risks of Hormonal IUD expulsion.

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Women with a BMI of 40 or more have 3.06 times higher odds of expulsion of levonorgestrel IUD as compared with women who are overweight, obese or have a BMI less than 35 according to a study presented at the at the ACOG 2017.

Lynne Saito-Tom, MD and her colleague from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, conducted this retrospective cohort study at Kaiser Permanente-Hawaii between January 2009 and December 2010.

The study was also published in May issue of Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The researchers recruited 1,071 eligible patients, of whom nearly one third were obese with nearly 8% had a BMI more than 35. The main independent variable was BMI at the time of insertion and the dependent variables include successful IUD insertion, difficult IUD insertion, 12-month continuation, and complications related to the LNG-IUD.

No differences were observed across different BMI groups for insertion (P = .59) or acceptance of IUD for 1 year (P = .69)

Patients with BMI 40 and more faced higher rates of complications (24%) as compared to obese (13%) , overweight or class 1 obesity counterparts (10%).

The study did not have sufficient women enrolled to explore the reasons of higher expulsion but the researchers did think that it may be related to difficult insertion in very obese women and also menorrhagia experienced by these women.

This is the first known study to evaluate LNG-IUD use by BMI in diverse Hawaiian population of Asian and Pacific Islander women. 

Larger studies are needed to stratify the expulsion and complications according to class of obesity.
Meanwhile, the researchers advocate that the study findings should not discourage physician from educating women about the benefits of IUDs.

“While the expulsion rate was higher than seen generally, it is still an effective method for most obese women. That’s much more beneficial than discouraging patients,” said the lead researcher Dr. Saito-Tom.  

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