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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Midwifery Womens Health. 2023 Mar 13;68(4):490–498. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13480

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Study Variables (N = 251).

Variable Mean (SD) Median Min Max

Peripartum weight changes
 BMI prepregnancy 26.35 (6.68) 24.55 16.13 47.55
 BMI postpartum 27.74 (7.37) 25.51 16.47 46.87
 Pregnancy weight gain, lbs 34.78 (18.04) 35.00 −35.00 85.00
 Percentage gestational weight gain 24.17 (13.63) 23.57 −15.79 75.00
 Percentage weight loss since childbirth −14.21 (10.95) −15.53 −43.43 25.00
 Percentage postpartum weight retention 4.16 (10.14) 4.00 −23.02 33.51
Maternal distress variables
 Internalized weight bias 3.72 (1.62) 3.41 1.00 7.00
 Postpartum depressive symptoms 9.60 (5.73) 9.00 0.00 26.00