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. 2018 Nov 5;131(21):2566–2574. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.244109

Table 2.

Univariable analyses of associations between maternal weight indicators and risk of IDA

Maternal weight Test IDA Composite IDA


Test IDA Non-IDA OR (95% CI) P Composite IDA Non-IDA OR (95% CI) P
Prepregnancy BMI
 Underweight 311 (20.53) 1716 (16.72) 1.22 (1.07–1.40) 0.004 765 (19.54) 1263 (16.05) 1.22 (1.11–1.35) <0.001
 Normal 1092 (72.08) 7383 (71.92) Reference 2805 (71.65) 5671 (72.09) Reference
 Overweight 104 (6.86) 1029 (10.02) 0.68 (0.55–0.84) <0.001 321 (8.20) 812 (10.32) 0.80 (0.70–0.92) 0.001
 Obese 8 (0.53) 137 (1.33) 0.39 (0.19–0.81) 0.011 24 (0.61) 121 (1.54) 0.40 (0.26–0.62) <0.001
Rate of GWG (kg/week) 0.36 (0.28–0.44) 0.32 (0.22–0.42) 3.89 (2.88–5.26) <0.001 0.35 (0.27–0.44) 0.31 (0.21–0.42) 4.47 (3.56–5.62) <0.001

Data are presented as n (%). IDA: Iron deficiency anemia; BMI: Body mass index; OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; GWG: Gestational weight gain; –: Not applicable.