Table 2.
Pre-pregnancy weight status perception | ||||
Normal weight women | Overweight/obese women | |||
Accurate assessors n = 898 | Overassessors n = 131 | Accurate assessors n = 438 | Underassessors n = 70 | |
Multivariable odds ratios (95% CI) | 1.0 (Referent) | 2.0 (1.3, 3.0) | 2.9 (2.2, 3.9) | 7.6 (3.4, 17.0) |
Participant characteristics modeled† | Predicted prevalence of excessive gestational weight gain (prevalence ratio) ‡ | |||
Aged 23 y, non-white, parous, lower income, less education§ | 37% | 54% (1.5) | 64% (1.7) | 82% (2.2) |
Aged 23 y, white, parous, lower income, less education§ | 45% | 62% (1.4) | 70% (1.6) | 86% (1.9) |
Aged 32 y, white, nulliparous, higher income, well-educated || | 49% | 66% (1.3) | 74% (1.5) | 88% (1.8) |
* Data from 1537 mothers participating in Project Viva.
† All groups were married, employed, non-smokers, and had mean pre-pregnancy BMI and gestation length.
‡ Prevalence ratios compare predicted prevalence in each category with normal weight accurate assessors who had the same participant characteristics.
§Household income less than or equal to $40,000 per year, some college or less.
|| Household income more than $40,000 per year, college degree.