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. 2018 Aug 21;8:12496. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29774-z

Table 5.

ORs of SGA pairs in relation to GWG and pre-pregnancy BMI.

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) NO. of SGA pairs/NO. of AGA pairs Crude OR (95% CI) P value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P value
Total GWG
Low IOM 65/1279 2.39 (1.56, 3.67) <0.0001 2.53 (1.64, 3.91) <0.0001*
Chinese 58/1618 2.67 (1.86, 3.83) <0.0001 2.92 (2.02, 4.21) <0.0001*
Normal IOM 58/3049 Reference Reference
Chinese 34/2270
High IOM 25/1395 0.95(0.53, 1.71) 0.8699 0.90 (0.50, 1.62) 0.7215*
Chinese 17/1192 0.94 (0.59, 1.51) 0.8049 0.88 (0.55, 1.42) 0.6038*
Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2)
Low GWG IOM
Chinese 16/118 3.45 (1.63, 7.23) 0.0012 4.96 (2.25, 10.93) <0.0001§
Normal GWG IOM
Chinese 14/356 Reference
High GWG IOM
Chinese 9/169 1.35 (0.58, 3.19) 0.4881 1.37 (0.57, 3.30 0.4839
Normal (18.5~23.9 kg/m 2 )
Low GWG IOM 50/1387 2.14 (1.36, 3.35) 0.0009 2.30 (1.46, 3.63) 0.0004§
Chinese 42/937 2.63 (1.70, 4.08) <0.0001 2.80 (1.79, 4.38) <0.0001§
Normal GWG IOM 32/1897 Reference Reference
Chinese 40/2347
High GWG IOM 14/1054 0.79 (0.42, 1.48) 0.459 0.75 (0.40, 1.42) 0.3835§
Chinese 14/1054 0.78 (0.42, 1.44) 0.4254 0.74 (0.40, 1.36) 0.3286§
Overweight and obese (> = 24 kg/m2)
Low GWG IOM 2/231 6.46 (1.36, 30.68) 0.0190 5.59 (1.22, 28.25) 00276§
Chinese 7/224 2.70 (0.79, 9.34) 0.1159 2.45 (0.70, 8.62) 0.1615§
Normal GWG IOM 2/373 Reference Reference
Chinese 4/346
High GWG IOM 3/138 4.06 (0.67, 24.52) 0.1274 3.43 (0.56, 21.02) 0.1830§
Chinese 2/172 1.01 (0.18, 0.55) 0.9947 0.94 (0.17, 5.25) 0.9455§

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; SGA, small for gestational age; AGA, appropriate for gestational age.

*Adjusted for maternal delivery age (continuous), education level, parity, gravidity, pre-pregnancy BMI, sex of twin infants, and gestational weeks.

§Adjusted for maternal delivery age (continuous), education level, parity, gravidity, sex of twin infants, and gestational weeks.