Table 2.
Association between socio-demographic characteristics with GWG
| Characteristics | Gestational weight gain
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| Inadequate | Appropriate | Excessive | Total | p value | |
| Age (year) | |||||
| 18–29 | 22.8 % (n = 23) | 52.5 % (n = 53) | 24.8 % (n = 25) | 100 % (n = 101) | 0.54 |
| 30–40 | 29.8 % (n = 17) | 45.6 % (n = 26) | 24.6 % (n = 14) | 100 % (n = 57) | |
| Education | |||||
| ≤High School | 34.6 % (n = 9) | 46.2 % (n = 12) | 19.2 % (n = 5) | 100 % (n = 26) | 0.24 |
| > High School | 23.1 % (n = 31) | 51.5 % (n = 69) | 25.4 % (n = 34) | 100 % (n = 134) | |
| Income ($) | |||||
| < 20,000 | 30.9 % (n = 17) | 45.5 % (n = 25) | 23.6 % (n = 13) | 100 % (n = 55) | 0.42 |
| ≥20,000 | 20.7 % (n = 17) | 56.1 % (n = 46) | 23.2 % (n = 19) | 100 % (n = 82) | |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | |||||
| Underweight | 44.4 % (n = 4) | 44.4 % (n = 4) | 11.1 % (n = 1) | 100 % (n = 9) | 0.01 |
| Normal weight | 28.8 % (n = 23) | 58.8 % (n = 47) | 12.5 % (n = 10) | 100 % (n = 80) | |
| Overweight | 15.0 % (n = 6) | 40.0 % (n = 16) | 45.0 % (n = 18) | 100 % (n = 40) | |
| Obese | 22.6 % (n = 7) | 45.2 % (n = 14) | 32.3 % (n = 10) | 100 % (n = 31) | |