Table 1.
Characteristics of Women in Analytic Sample, n=2136
| Gestational weight gain | |
| Greater than recommended | 1081 (51%) |
| Recommended | 612 (29%) |
| Less than recommended | 402 (19%) |
| Unknown | 41 (<2%) |
| Health before index pregnancy | |
| BMI before index pregnancy | |
| Normal BMI | 1018 (47%) |
| Overweight | 570 (27%) |
| Obese | 548 (26%) |
| Preexisting health conditions before index pregnancy | |
| Preexisting conditions | 158 (7%) |
| No preexisting conditions | 1978 (93%) |
| Pregnancy history | |
| Parity at index pregnancy | |
| 0 births | 799 (37%) |
| ≥1 births | 1331 (62%) |
| Unknown | 6 (<1%) |
| Interim pregnancy between index pregnancy and year 1 | |
| No | 1893 (89%) |
| Yes | 106 (5%) |
| Unknown | 137 (6%) |
| Interim pregnancy between year 1 and year 3 | |
| No | 1503 (70%) |
| Yes | 493 (23%) |
| Unknown | 140 (7%) |
| Interim pregnancy between year 3 and year 5 | |
| No | 1931 (90%) |
| Yes | 205 (10%) |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Woman's age at index pregnancy, mean years (SD) | 25.18 (6.05) |
| Marital status at index pregnancy | |
| Married | 537 (25%) |
| Not married | 1599 (75%) |
| Race and ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 456 (21%) |
| Hispanic | 639 (30%) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1036 (49%) |
| Unknown | 5 (<1%) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school graduate | 716 (34%) |
| High school graduate or more | 1417 (66%) |
| Unknown | 3 (<1%) |
| Household poverty | |
| <200% of FPL | 1315 (62%) |
| ≥200% of FPL | 821 (38%) |
| Public assistance participation | |
| No participation | 1358 (64%) |
| Participation | 758 (35%) |
| Unknown | 20 (<1%) |
| Health insurance | |
| Private health insurance | 621 (29) |
| Public health insurance | 1368 (64) |
| Uninsured | 118 (6) |
| Unknown | 29 (<2%) |
Descriptives based on nonimputed data.
BMI, body mass index; FPL, Federal Poverty Line; SD, standard deviation.