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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2013 Aug 6;163(5):10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.06.062. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.06.062

TABLE 2.

Bivariate risk for CP associated with hospital diagnoses of maternal obesity.

CP per 1,000 RR 95% CI P value
Prenatal diagnosisa
 Obesity of pregnancy 4.3 3.04 1.45 – 6.38 0.002
 Unspecified obesity 5.9 4.17 2.31 – 7.52 <0.001
 Morbid obesity 8.1 5.76 2.75 – 12.05 <0.001
 Any of the above 5.5 3.88 2.58 – 5.84 <0.001
 No obesity diagnosis 1.4 1.00 Reference
Perinatal diagnosisb
 Obesity of pregnancy 1.3 0.90 0.69 – 1.18 0.44
 Unspecified obesity 2.2 1.57 1.13– 2.18 0.01
 Morbid obesity 3.2 2.25 1.49 – 3.38 <0.001
 Any of the above 1.7 1.22 1.01 – 1.47 0.04
 No obesity diagnosis 1.4 1.00 Reference
Prenatal or perinatal diagnosisc
 Obesity of pregnancy 1.3 0.95 0.74 – 1.23 0.71
 Unspecified obesity 2.5 1.75 1.30 – 2.35 <0.001
 Morbid obesity 3.8 2.70 1.89 – 3.86 <0.001
 Any of the above 1.8 1.30 1.09 – 1.55 0.004
 No obesity diagnosis 1.4 1.00 Reference
a

Includes any diagnosis given during any hospitalization in the 12 months prior to the birth hospitalization.

b

Includes any diagnosis given during the birth hospitalization.

c

Includes any diagnosis given during any hospitalization in the 12 months prior to and including the birth hospitalization.