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. 2014 Feb 10;348:g1285. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g1285

Table 3.

Prespecified maternal antenatal outcomes in women with BMI ≥25 at trial entry by treatment group. Values are numbers (%) of women and treatment effects are relative risks based on imputed data unless otherwise indicated

Outcome Lifestyle advice (n=1080*) Standard care (n=1073*) Treatment effect (95% CI), P value
Hypertension 101 (9) 94 (9) 1.06 (0.81 to 1.39), 0.65 1.05 (0.81 to 1.38), 0.70
Pre-eclampsia 56 (5) 53 (5) 1.05 (0.73 to 1.51), 0.80 1.03 (0.71 to 1.47), 0.89
Gestational diabetes 148 (14) 120 (11) 1.22 (0.97 to 1.54), 0.09 1.21 (0.96 to 1.52), 0.11
Antenatal admission 166 (15) 191 (18) 0.86 (0.71 to 1.04), 0.13 0.86 (0.71 to 1.04), 0.13
Mean (SD) antenatal length of stay*‡ 0.58 (2.11) 0.85 (3.05) 0.68 (0.50 to 0.93), 0.02 0.70 (0.51 to 0.95), 0.02
Antepartum haemorrhage requiring admission 16 (1.5) 16 (1.5) 0.99 (0.50 to 1.97), 0.98 1.00 (0.50 to 1.98), 0.99
Preterm prelabour ruptured membranes 9 (0.8) 19 (1.8) 0.47 (0.21 to 1.03), 0.06 NA
Prelabour ruptured membranes at term 9 (0.8) 9 (0.9) 0.99 (0.39 to 2.48), 0.98 NA

NA=not applicable.

*Includes all women who had liveborn or stillborn infant.

†Adjusted analyses included stratification variables BMI category, parity, and centre.

‡Treatment effects are ratios of means based on imputed data.