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. 2013 Jul 7;2013:379461. doi: 10.1155/2013/379461

Table 2.

Maternal complications according to the BMI and weight gain.

Maternal complications BMI (kg/m2) P Weight gain (kg) P
<20 20–24.9 25–29.9 ≥30 <8 kg 8 kg–16 kg >16 kg
n = 102 n = 871 n = 348 n = 87 n = 530 N = 777 n = 101
HTA n (%) 5 (5.6) 47 (15.4) 20 (44.4) 14 (93.3) <0.01 33 (11.4) 42 (28) 11 (78.6) <0.01
Dystocia n (%) 8 (7.8) 119 (13.7) 55 (15.8) 27 (31) <0.01 52 (9.8) 122 (15.7) 35 (34.7) <0.01
Haemorrhage n (%) 6 (5.9) 97 (11.1) 42 (12.1) 17 (19.5) 0.03 44 (8.3) 95 (12.2) 23 (22.8) <0.01
Infections n (%) 7 (6.9) 126 (14.5) 54 (15.5) 27 (31) <0.01 55 (10.4) 124 (16) 35 (34.7) <0.01
TP#   n (%) 7 (6.9) 129 (14.8) 45 (12.9) 20 (23) 0.013 50 (10.6) 120 (17.4) 29 (36.7) <0.01
Mode delivery <0.01
 Vaginal delivery n (%) 94 (92.2) 777 (89.2) 305 (87.6) 64 (73.6) 473 (89.2) 688 (88.5) 79 (78.2)
 Caesarean section n (%) 8 (7.8) 94 (10.8) 43 (12.4) 23 (26.4) 57 (10.8) 89 (11.5) 22 (21.8)

HTA: hypertension.

TP: perineal trauma.

#Vaginal delivery; quantitative variables were expressed in average ± standard deviation, and qualitative variables were expressed in numbers and percentages.

Significant P value < 0.05.