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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Stress. 2024 Dec 9;27(1):2435262. doi: 10.1080/10253890.2024.2435262

Figure 2. Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) by maternal race/ethnicity.

Figure 2.

Boxplots of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) were derived, stratified by maternal race/ethnicity (Black: Black/Black-Hispanic; Hispanic: non-Black Hispanic; White: non-Hispanic White). Bottom and top of boxes denote 25th percentile (Q1) and 75th percentile (Q3) of the distribution; thick line within boxes denote median. Whiskers of denote [Q1 – 1.5*IQR] and [Q3 + 1.5*IQR]; dark black dots represent potential extreme values. IQR: interquartile range.