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. 2013 May 24;13:120. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-120

Table 3.

Association between pre-pregnancy weight, weight gain during pregnancy and preterm birth – stratified by race

 
Underweight
Overweight
Obese
Weight gain (kg) Spontaneous births
Induced
Spontaneous births
Induced
Spontaneous births
Induced
PTB with PROM PTB without PROM PTB PTB with PROM PTB without PROM PTB PTB with PROM PTB without PROM PTB
White
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
< 7.0
1.96**
2.13*
0.57
0.64*
0.34**
0.65
0.44**
0.36*
0.60
(1.34, 2.86)
(1.33, 3.41)
(0.21, 1.58)
(0.46, 0.90)
(0.19, 0.60)
(0.38, 1.10)
(0.27, 0.71)
(0.18, 0.72)
(0.31, 1.16)
7.0-9.4
1.28
1.93*
1.18
0.90
1.39
0.73
0.57
0.38
1.47
(0.80, 2.02)
(1.13, 3.31)
(0.56, 2.50)
(0.55, 1.47)
(0.79, 2.45)
(0.31, 1.70)
(0.18, 1.83)
(0.05, 2.72)
(0.45, 4.76)
9.5-12.7
2.04**
2.41***
1.45
1.00
0.38
0.89
1.04
0.79
2.22
(1.39, 2.98)
(1.56, 3.73)
(0.70, 2.98)
(0.59, 1.69)
(0.14, 1.04)
(0.35, 2.24)
(0.38, 2.86)
(0.19, 3.26)
(0.68, 7.23)
> 12.7
1.36
1.51
1.60
1.23
0.81
0.76
1.83
1.62
-
(0.27, 2.16)
(0.87, 2.64)
(0.76, 3.35)
(0.71, 2.12)
(0.39, 1.71)
(0.27, 2.16)
(0.79, 4.27)
(0.58, 4.51)
 
Black
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
< 7.0
1.51*
1.70**
0.84
0.62***
0.54***
0.76
0.59***
0.50***
1.17
(1.17, 1.95)
(1.27, 2.28)
(0.30, 2.34)
(0.51, 0.74)
(0.43, 0.68)
(0.44, 1.32)
(0.44, 0.70)
(0.37, 0.67)
(0.66, 2.06)
7.0-9.4
1.03
1.02
1.24
0.76
0.41***
1.30
0.68
0.30*
0.36
(0.74, 1.42)
(0.71, 1.49)
(0.48, 3.21)
(0.56, 1.01)
(0.27, 0.63)
(0.61, 2.77)
(0.43, 1.07)
(0.14, 0.65)
(0.05, 2.68)
9.5-12.7
1.18
1.26
1.09
0.82
0.96
1.31
0.82
0.41*
3.25
(0.90, 1.56)
(0.90, 1.75)
(0.42, 2.81)
(0.62, 1.09)
(0.70, 1.33)
(0.60, 2.86)
(0.51, 1.33)
(0.18, 0.93)
(1.33, 7.90)
> 12.7 0.66*
1.10
0.65
0.97
0.90
1.14
0.97
1.31
1.50
(0.46, 0.97) (0.74, 1.62) (0.20, 2.15) (0.76, 1.26) (0.65, 1.26) (0.54, 2.40) (0.67, 1.40) (0.86, 1.99) (0.58, 3.87)

***p < 0.0001.

**p < 0.001.

*p < 0.05.