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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2018 Jun 18;72(2):433–441. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10999

Table 2.

Association between pregnancy weight gain z-score before pre-eclampsia diagnosis in 62,705 nulliparous women in Stockholm-Gotland, 2008-2013.

Pre-eclampsia status BMI-category N case/N total Odd Ratios (95 % CI) of a z-score increase in gestational weight gain
Crude Adjusted*
Pre-eclampsia, any Normal 1,617/44,514 1.61 (1.53-1.70) 1.64 (1.55-1.73)
Overweight 683/11,788 1.52 (1.39-1.66) 1.59 (1.45-1.74)
Obese 414/4,216 1.13 (1.01-1.26) 1.19 (1.06-1.33)
Early onset pre-eclampsia, <34 weeks Normal 196/44,514 1.35 (1.16-1.56) 1.43 (1.23-1.67)
Overweight 71/11,788 1.11 (0.86-1.44) 1.21 (0.92-1.58)
Obese 57/4,216 0.87 (0.67-1.14) 0.97 (0.74-1.27)
Late preterm onset pre-eclampsia, 34-36 weeks Normal 310/43,934 1.67 (1.49-1.88) 1.70 (1.51-1.92)
Overweight 125/11,592 1.50 (1.22-1.83) 1.58 (1.28-1.94)
Obese 70/4,112 0.88 (0.69-1.12) 0.90 (0.71-1.16)
Term onset pre-eclampsia, ≥37 weeks Normal 1,111/42,321 1.62 (1.52-1.73) 1.64 (1.53-1.75)
Overweight 487/11,122 1.59 (1.43-1.77) 1.65 (1.48-1.84)
Obese 287/3,917 1.24 (1.09-1.42) 1.30 (1.14-1.50)
*

Adjusted for maternal age, height, smoking, cohabiting with partner, pre-pregnancy diabetes and earl-pregnancy BMI.