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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Mar 3;24(6):441–447. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.02.009

Table 3.

Adjusted* odds of excessive or inadequate gestational weight gain (GWG) in non-Hispanic black women and Hispanic women compared to non-Hispanic white women by pre-pregnancy BMI category

Underweight Normal weight Overweight Obese
Excessive GWG vs adequate GWG
 Non-Hispanic Black 0.70 (0.60, 0.81) 0.84 (0.80, 0.89) 0.78 (0.72, 0.85) 0.84 (0.78, 0.90)
 Hispanic 0.85 (0.66, 1.09) 0.69 (0.65, 0.75) 0.54 (0.48, 0.61) 0.71 (0.62, 0.80)
 Non-Hispanic White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Inadequate GWG vs adequate GWG
 Non-Hispanic Black 1.53 (1.30, 1.79) 1.49 (1.41, 1.58) 0.96 (0.88, 1.06) 1.04 (0.96, 1.12)
 Hispanic 1.60 (1.23, 2.07) 1.44 (1.34, 1.56) 0.80 (0.70, 0.90) 0.88 (0.78, 1.01)
 Non-Hispanic White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
*

Adjusted for parity, maternal education, smoking during pregnancy, month prenatal care started, maternal age and marital status.