Association of Obesity with Infertility in Infertile Women in Baghdad

Obesity is becoming a fast growing health problem across the world. It leads to alterations in reproductive functions and menstrual irregularities especially chronic anovulation and infertility. Obesity leads to hyperinsulinemia and consequent ovarian hyperandrogenism. To assess the association of females obesity with infertility and related menstrual abnormality This study was cross- sectional study performed at Kamal Alsamaraee Infertility Treatment and In Vitro Fertilization Hospital in Baghdad. The educational level and the type of infertility showed a significant difference in BMI levels, being illiterate had higher means of BMI compared to those of post graduate education, being of secondary infertility showed higher means of BMI. This study also demonstrated a positive; highly significant correlation of both fasting blood sugar and HOMA-IR levels with BMI of infertile women.