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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 4.

Prevalence of pregnancy-related hypertension by joint categories of pre-pregnancy weight status and gestational weight gain (GWG) among non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and Hispanic women in South Carolina, 2004-6.

Pregnancy-related hypertension (%)
Underweight Normal Overweight Obese P for trend*
Non-Hispanic Black
 Inadequate GWG 2.3 3.4 3.4 7.0 <0.001
 Adequate GWG 3.9 3.3 3.6 7.4 <0.001
 Excessive GWG 5.5 6.3 7.5 10.4 <0.001
Non-Hispanic White
 Inadequate GWG 1.5 2.1 3.8 7.9 <0.001
 Adequate GWG 1.6 2.4 4.2 8.4 <0.001
 Excessive GWG 4.6 5.3 8.0 12.3 <0.001
Hispanic
 Inadequate GWG 0.7 1.8 2.2 5.2 <0.001
 Adequate GWG 0.7 2.6 2.0 3.1 0.3498
 Excessive GWG 2.9 4.4 4.2 7.3 <0.001
*

P-values were based on Cochran-Armitage Trend tests.