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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2014 Nov;18(9):2044–2053. doi: 10.1007/s10995-014-1450-y

Table 2.

Anthropometric indices during pregnancy, by category of household hunger (n=180)1

Moderate to Severe Household Hunger Little to No Household Hunger p-value
n=86 (47.8%) n=94 (52.2%)
Weight in kg at enrollment*, Median (IQR) 54.5 (48.0, 59.5)* 56.3 (53.0, 62.0) 0.01
Height in cm, Median (IQR) 161.0 (157.0, 164.0) 161.0 (157.0, 165.0) 0.71
BMI at enrollment, Mean (SD) 21.3 (2.6)* 22.5 (3.0) < 0.01
Mean BMI at 7 months*, Mean (SD) n=177 21.9 (2.7)* 22.9 (2.9) 0.02
BMI at delivery, Mean *(SD) 22.6 (2.7)* 23.8 (3.1) < 0.01
Weekly GWG, Mean (SD) 0.18 (0.20) 0.21 (0.25) 0.27
Total GWG, Mean (SD) 3.2 (3.1) 3.4 (3.8) 0.47
% of participants with net weight loss between enrollment and delivery 9.3% 10.6% 0.77
1

Data are from entire sample unless otherwise noted.

* significantly different (p<0.05)