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. 2025 Aug 21;15:30749. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-16775-y

Table 2.

Adjusted risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for associations between prenatal risk factors and abnormal neonatal birth weight.

Risk factors during pregnancy LBW (n = 33,148)
RR (95% CI)
Macrosomia (n = 121,792)
RR (95% CI)
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg)
< 18.5 (low body weight) 1.58 (1.47, 1.70) 0.40 (0.38, 0.42)
18.5–23.9 (normal body weight) 1.00 1.00
24–27.9 (overweight) 0.89 (0.84, 0.93) 1.88 (1.84, 1.92)
28 (obese) 0.87 (0.82, 0.93) 2.79 (2.72, 2.85)
GWG (Chinese Standard)
Insufficient weight gain 1.60 (1.40, 1.82) 0.73 (0.67, 0.80)
Proper weight gain 1.00 1.00
Excessive weight gain 0.82 (0.75, 0.89) 2.15 (2.07, 2.23)
HDP
Health 1.00 1.00
Pregnancy complicated with chronic hypertension 1.75 (1.59, 1.93) 1.50 (1.42, 1.57)
CH Concurrent preeclampsia 2.26 (1.83, 2.80) 1.61 (1.41, 1.83)
hypertension of pregnancy 2.21 (2.05, 2.39) 1.37 (1.31, 1.42)
preeclampsia 3.61 (3.18, 4.10) 1.50 (1.38, 1.64)
Fasting blood glucose in early pregnancy
Glucopenia 1.05 (0.96, 1.15) 0.86 (0.83, 0.90)
Euglycemia 1.00 1.00
Hyperglycaemia 0.95 (0.90, 1.00) 1.46 (1.43, 1.49)
Early pregnancy fasting urine sugar
The urine sugar is normal 1.00 1.00
Urine sugar is high 1.04 (0.87, 1.25) 1.67 (1.55, 1.79)
Hemoglobin in early pregnancy
Hemoglobin is too low 0.92 (0.85, 1.00) 0.86 (0.83, 0.88)
Hemoglobin was normal 1.00 1.00
Folate supplementation in early pregnancy
Yes 1.00 1.00
Deny 1.00 (0.96, 1.05) 0.97 (0.95, 0.99)
Assisted reproduction
Yes 2.69 (2.24, 3.22) 0.92 (0.78, 1.08)
Deny 1.00 1.00
Exposure of teratogens
Yes 1.17 (1.03, 1.32) 1.01 (0.95, 1.07)
Deny 1.00 1.00

LBW low birth weight, SGA small-for-gestational-age, LGA large-for-gestational-age, RR risk ratio, CI confidence interval.