Table 3.
Differences between women who did and did not report receiving advice about gestational weight gain (GWG) recommendations from their healthcare provider during pregnancy.
| Report of any advice received from healthcare provider regarding GWG recommendations
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Report of correct advice received from healthcare provider regarding GWG recommendations
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | Yes (n = 75) | No (n = 116) | p | Yes (n = 32) | No (n = 35) | p |
| Age | 28.59 ± 5.31 | 27.08 ± 5.23 | .05 | 28.84 ± 4.61 | 28.34 ± 5.80 | .70 |
| Pre-pregnancy body mass index | 33.61 ± 7.40 | 32.90 ± 6.10 | .48 | 32.85 ± 7.41 | 34.26 ± 7.09 | .43 |
| % Began pregnancy overweight (n) | 45% (34) | 44% (51) | .85 | 53% (17) | 37% (13) | .19 |
| % Black (n) | 51% (38) | 57% (66) | .36 | 34% (11) | 60% (21) | .04 |
| % Education ≤High school degree (n) | 26% (19) | 41% (48) | .03 | 16% (5) | 29% (10) | .18 |
| % Annual income ≤$30,000 (n) | 60% (44) | 73% (85) | .05 | 41% (13) | 71% (24) | .01 |
| % Unemployed (n) | 31% (23) | 40% (46) | .43 | 19% (6) | 38% (13) | .16 |
| % Medicare/Medicaid (n) | 55% (41) | 67% (78) | .35 | 38% (12) | 65% (22) | .16 |
| % Nulliparous (n) | 44% (33) | 28% (33) | .03 | 41% (13) | 51% (18) | .38 |
| % Primagravida (n) | 36% (27) | 21% (24) | .02 | 38% (12) | 40% (14) | .83 |
| % Pregnancy intentional (n) | 45% (34) | 45% (52) | .95 | 56% (18) | 37% (13) | .12 |
| Weeks pregnant at delivery | 38.48 ± 3.24 | 39.02 ± 2.26 | .18 | 38.59 ± 3.37 | 38.37 ± 3.43 | .79 |
| GWG in kilogramsa | 15.20 ± 8.55 | 12.94 ± 8.78 | .10 | 16.57 ± 8.22 | 13.78 ± 6.89 | .16 |
| % Adequate GWGa (n) | 12% (8) | 14% (14) | .15 | 11% (3) | 16% (5) | .76 |
All statistical tests were evaluated using a two-sided, Type I error rate of 0.004 after applying a Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.
Values in the columns relating to whether women reported receiving any advice from their healthcare providers about GWG are based on information from 164 women (66 who reported receiving advice from their healthcare provider about GWG and 98 who reported not receiving advice from their healthcare provider about GWG) after excluding 17 women who were <37 weeks gestation at delivery and an additional 10 women who had incomplete information in medical records. Meanwhile, values in the columns relating to whether women reported receiving correct advice from their healthcare providers about GWG are based on information from 59 participants (28 who reported receiving correct advice from their healthcare provider about GWG and 31 who reported receiving incorrect advice from their healthcare provider about GWG) after excluding six women who were <37 weeks gestation at delivery and an additional two women who had incomplete information in medical records.