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. 2017 Aug 25;17:273. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1456-8

Table 2.

Maternal and neonatal outcomes, overall and across-prepregnancy body mass index (n = 3208)

Prepregnancy BMI
All Underweight Normal weight Overweight Obesity p-valuea
n = 3208 n = 240 n = 2067 n = 583 n = 318
%
Type of pregnancy (n = 3208)
 Multiple 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.6 0.86
 Single 98.7 99.1 98.7 98.5 98.4
Mean of GWG (in kg) (n = 3162)
13.2 14.5 13.9 12.6 8.7 <10−3
Gestational weight gain (n = 3162)b
 Within IOM 35.5 48.8 36.5 29.5 29.0 <10−3
 Below IOM 27.5 35.5 31.5 12.1 23.5
 Above IOM 37.0 15.7 32.0 58.3 47.5
Gestational diabetes mellitus (n = 3204)
 No 92.3 98.6 94.4 88.8 80.7 <10−3
 Yes 7.7 1.4 5.6 11.2 19.3
Hypertensive complicationsc (n = 3204)
 No 96.5 98.4 97.6 96.8 87.4 <10−3
 Yes 3.5 1.6 2.4 3.2 12.6
Delivery mode (n = 3200)
 Vaginal 81.4 89.6 82.9 77.5 73.2 <10−3
 Cesarean 18.6 10.4 17.1 22.5 26.8
Gestational age at birth (n = 3183)
 ≥ 37 amenorrhea weeks 96.4 94.3 96.5 96.8 96.3 0.50
 33-36 amenorrhea weeks 3.6 5.7 3.5 3.2 3.7
Infant’s sex (n = 3200)
 Male 49.4 48.6 49.6 49.6 47.8 0.95
 Female 50.6 51.4 50.4 50.4 52.2
Infant’s birth weight (n = 3202)
 [2.5 kg-4 kg[ 89.0 85.7 89.8 89.1 86.4 <10−3
 ≥4 kg 7.4 3.8 6.8 8.8 11.1
 <2.5 kg 3.6 10.5 3.4 2.2 2.6
Apgar score at 5 min (n = 3181)
 10 94.7 96.5 95.2 93.2 93.6 0.40
 8-9 4.6 3.1 4.4 5.9 4.8
 ≤7 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.6

aAdjusted Wald test P value for comparisons across pBMI classes

bGestational weight gain in agreement with recommendations defined in 2009 by the IOM

cHypertensive complications including hypertension and/or preeclampsia during pregnancy