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. 2023 Mar 28;13:5059. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31766-7

Table 4.

The incidence of pregnancy complications in the population below or above the optimal GWG was compared.

A: weeklyGWG:0.43–0.58 (167) B: weekly GWG < 0.43 or > 0.58 (177) C: weekly GWG < 0.43 (86) D: weekly GWG > 0.50 8 (91) P: A vs B P: C vs D P : A vs C P : A vs D
Underweight (344)
 GH 9 (5.4%) 7 (4.0%) 1 (1.2%) 6 (6.6%) 0.528 0.064 0.102 0.693
 PE 18 (10.8%) 18 (10.2%) 6 (7.0%) 12 (13.2%) 0.854 0.172 0.328 0.564
 GDM 19 (11.4%) 36 (20.3%) 24 (27.9%) 12 (13.2%) 0.016 0.015 0.001 0.167
 PROM 34 (20.4%) 37 (20.9%) 24 (27.9%) 13 (14.3%) 0.901 0.026 0.176 0.227
 PB < 36w 58 (34.7%) 73 (41.2%) 46 (53.5%) 27 (29.7%) 0.060 0.001 0.004 0.409
FGR 13 (7.8%) 12 (6.8%) 6 (7.0%) 6 (6.6%) 0.720 0.919 0.817 0.726
A: weeklyGWG:0.41–0.58 (855) B: weekly GWG < 0.41 or > 0.58 (1118) C: weekly GWG < 0.41 (673) D: weekly GWG > 0.58 (445) P: A vs B P: C vs D P: A vs C P: A vs D
Normal weight (1973)
 GH 27 (3.2%) 41 (3.4%) 18 (2.8%) 23 (5.2%) 0.539 0.030 0.579 0.074
 PE 120 (14.0%) 159 (14.2%) 52 (7.7%) 107 (24.0%) 0.906  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
 GDM 183 (21.4%) 313 (28.0%) 236 (35.1%) 77 (17.3%) 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.079
PROM 165 (19.4%) 233 (20.8%) 161 (23.9%) 72 (16.2%) 0.397 0.001 0.028 0.167
 PB < 36w 308 (36.0%) 394 (35.2%) 279 (41.5%) 115 (25.8%) 0.719  < 0.001 0.030  < 0.001
 FGR 49 (5.7%) 70 (6.3%) 47 (7.0%) 23 (5.2%) 0.624 0.188 0.316 0.674
A: weeklyGWG: 0.36–0.55 (219) B: weekly GWG < 0.36 or > 0.55 (256) C: weekly GWG < 0.36 (135) D: weekly GWG > 0.55 (121) P: A vs B P: C vs D P: A vs C P: A vs D
Over weight (475)
 GH 5 (2.3%) 10 (3.9%) 5 (3.7%) 5 (4.1%) 0.313 0.860 0.433 0.334
 PE 40 (18.3%) 54 (21.1%) 14 (10.4%) 40 (33.1%) 0.440  < 0.001 0.045 0.002
 GDM 78 (35.6%) 99 (30.5%) 63 (46.7%) 36 (29.8%) 0.556 0.669 0.039 0.273
 PROM 32 (14.6%) 54 (21.1%) 31 (23.0%) 23 (19.0%) 0.067 0.439 0.046 0.309
 PB < 36w 34 (15.5%) 41 (16.0%) 23 (17.0%) 18 (14.9%) 0.884 0.638 0.707 0.847
 FGR 11 (5.0%) 10 (3.9%) 7 (5.2%) 3 (2.5%) 0.555 0.265 0.946 0.258
A: weekly GWG:0.24–0.59 (40) B: weekly GWG < 0.24 or > 0.5 (25) C: weekly GWG < 0.24 (12) D: weekly GWG > 0.59 (13) P: A vs B P: C vs D P: A vs C P: A vs D
Obese (65)
 GH 6 (15.0%) 1 (4.0%) 1 (8.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0.164 0.212 0.553 0.138
 PE 13 (32.5%) 6 (25.0%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (46.2%) 0.464 0.007 0.023 0.372
 GDM 22 (55.0%) 10 (40.0%) 6 (50.0%) 4 (30.8%) 0.239 0.327 0.761 0.129
 PROM 8 (20.0%) 3 (12.0%) 2 (16.7%) 1 (7.7%) 0.033 0.490 0.797 0.305
 PB < 36w 22 (55.0%) 11 (44.0%) 7 (58.3%) 4 (30.8%) 0.403 0.165 0.838 0.129
FGR 4 (10.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.103 0.254 0.236

P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

GWG gestational weight gain, GH gestational hypertension, PE preeclampsia, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, PROM premature rupture of membranes, PB preterm birth, FGR fetal growth restriction. A represents the women in the optimal GWG range. B represents the women outside the optimal GWG range. C represents the women below the optimal GWG range. D represents the women exceed the optimal GWG range.

Significant values are in [bolditalics].