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. 2015 Feb 4;18(1):282–286. doi: 10.1007/s10903-015-0162-8

Table 4.

Association of mother’s personal gestational weight gain targets and their provider giving advice on appropriate weight gain

Professional advice on weight gain received
No Yes Total
Accuracy of mother’s weight gain target Under IOM rec 28 (34.1 %) 3 (11.1 %) 31 (28.4 %)
Within IOM rec 40 (48.8 %) 21 (77.8 %) 61 (56.0 %)
Above IOM rec 15 (18.1 %) 3 (11.1 %) 17 (15.6 %)
83 (100 %) 27 (100 %) 110 (100 %)

χ 2(2) = 7.519, p = 0.023