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Published in final edited form as: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 May 18;31(12):1613–1619. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1322949

Table 2.

Outcomes across pre-pregnancy BMI category and parity

		GWG (kg) Mean ±SD	Neonatal Fat (%) Mean ±SD	Abd Circ (cm) Mean ±SD	PI(g/cm³) Mean ±SD	Length (cm) Mean ±SD	Birth Weight (kg) Mean ±SD

Pre-pregnancy BMI
Normal (n=11)		11.3±2.4^a	0.10 ±0.02	32.8±2.2	24.4±1.1	52.0±2.4	3.5±0.5
Overweight (n=15)		13.6±6.5	0.12 ±0.03	33.7±1.8	25.9±3.1	51.4±2.4	3.5±0.3
Obese (n=15)		6.8±7.5	0.13 ± 0.04	33.8±1.5	26.7±3.6	51.2±2.6	3.6±0.5

		GWG (kg) Mean ±SD	Neonatal Fat (%) Mean ±SD	Abd Circ (cm) Mean ±SD	PI (g/cm³) Mean ±SD	Length (cm) Mean ±SD	Birth Weight (kg) Mean ±SD

Parity
Nulliparous (n=24)		10.6 ±7.8	0.11 ±0.03^b	33.1±1.9	25.4±2.7	51.2±2.6	3.4±0.4
Multiparous (n=17)		10.3 ±5.0	0.13 +0.03	34.1±1.5	26.4±3.3	51.9±2.1	3.7±0.4

^a

p=0.01 for ANOVA comparing GWG across category of pre-pregnancy BMI;

^b

p<0.05 for ANOVA comparing neonatal fat percentage across level of parity;

GWG, Gestational Weight Gain; AC, abdominal circumference; PI, ponderal index.