Table 2.

Pregnancy outcomes for the third pregnancy based on those who gained interpregnancy weight compared with those who did not and those who gained more interpregnancy weight than the median compared with those who did not

	Gained interpregnancy weight (n=189)	Did not gain interpregnancy weight (n=91)	p Value
CS overall	41 (21.7%)	21 (23.1%)	NS
GDM	9 (4.8%)	2 (2.2%)	NS
BW≥4 kg	102 (54.0%)	36 (39.6%)	0.03
Hypertensive disease	5 (2.6%)	2 (2.2%)	NS
NICU	4 (2.1%)	2 (2.2%)	NS
Stillbirth	1 (0.5%)	1 (1.1%)	NS
	Gained>1.70 kg interpregnancy weight (n=139)	Gained≤1.70 kg interpregnancy weight (n=141)
CS overall	28 (20.1%)	34 (24.1%)	NS
GDM	9 (6.5%)	2 (1.4%)	0.03
BW≥4 kg	75 (54.0%)	63 (44.7%)	NS
Hypertensive disease	4 (2.9%)	3 (2.1%)	NS
NICU	4 (2.9%)	2 (1.4%)	NS
Stillbirth	0 (0%)	2 (1.4%)	NS

BW, body weight; CS, caesarean section; GDM, gestational diabetes; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; NS, not significant.