Table 2. Maternal anthropometric characteristics according to pre-pregnancy BMI.
|
Pre-pregnancy BMI |
P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight (n=111) | Normal weight (n=363) | Overweight (n=67) | Obese (n=67) | ||
| Height (cm) | 162.8±4.6ba | 161.3±4.7ab | 161.0±4.2a | 160.1±4.8a | 0.002b |
| Pre-pregnancy weight (kg) | 46.8±3.2a | 53.2±4.1b | 61.7±3.6c | 71.1±8.1d | <0.001 |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg m−2) | 17.6±0.7a | 20.4±1.2b | 23.8±0.5c | 27.7±2.5d | <0.001 |
| Body weight at delivery (kg) | 60.5±6.0a | 66.9±6.5b | 73.4±6.2c | 81.7±9.3d | <0.001 |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
BMI (kg m−2) categories according to the Asia-Pacific standard: see Table 1.
a
Mean±s.d.
b
P-value by analysis of variance.
Values followed by different alphabets within the same row are significantly different at P<0.05 by Tukey test.