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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 5.

Joint effect of body mass index (BMI), race and gestational weight gain (GWG) on pregnancy-related hypertension

Pregnancy-related hypertension: Adjusted* OR (95% CI)
Underweight Normal weight Overweight Obese
Gestational weight gain
 Inadequate 0.83 (0.52, 1.33) 0.93 (0.81, 1.07) 0.91 (0.75, 1.11) 0.96 (0.85, 1.08)
 Excessive 2.35 (1.66, 3.32) 2.05 (1.84, 2.27) 1.93 (1.64, 2.27) 1.46 (1.30, 1.63)
 Adequate 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic Black 1.64 (1.14, 2.36) 1.28 (1.15, 1.42) 0.97 (0.85, 1.10) 0.96 (0.88, 1.05)
 Hispanic 0.53 (0.23, 1.24) 0.86 (0.73, 1.02) 0.61 (0.48, 0.77) 0.66 (0.55, 0.79)
 Non-Hispanic White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
*

Adjusted for maternal race/ethnicity, GWG, education, smoking during pregnancy, month prenatal care started, maternal age and marital status.