Table 1.

Origin of the anthropometric information of the studies included in the Brazilian Maternal and Child Nutrition Consortium.

First author, year	Attributable study name	Original sample size	Maternal height	Maternal pre-pregnancy weight	Maternal weights during pregnancy	Gestational age at weight measurements	Number of pregnancy weight measures	Available outcomes
Schmidt, 200134	EBDG	5,578	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated according to the standardb	14	Birth information
Padilha, 200935	MERJ	1,450	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Already calculated in the data set	1	Birth information
Nunes, 201036	ECCAGe	716	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated according to the standardb	17	Birth information
Zhang, 201137	EPRG	10,331	Measured	Not useda	Interview and medical records	Calculated according to the standardb	2	Birth information
Marano, 201238	PQ	1,679	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Calculated according to the standardb	12	Birth information, PPCW, PPCL
Santos-Neto, 201239	RMGV	1,035	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated using LMP date	19	Birth information
Sato, 201240	SP1	228	Measured	Not collected	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated using LMP date	9	Birth information (no sex)
Carvalhaes, 201341	SP2	212	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Calculated according to the standardb	13	Birth information
Farias, 201342	RJ	299	Measured	Self-reported	Measured in the visits	Calculated according to the standardb	4	Birth information
Figueiredo, 2013c	BA1	654	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Already calculated in the data set	1	BW
Santana, 201343	ProcriAr	357	Measured	Self-reported	Measured in the visits	Calculated according to the standardb	3	Birth information, PPCW, PPCL
Fernandes, 201444	MEPel	210	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Already calculated in the data set	2	Birth information
Martinelli, 201445	ES1	742	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated using LMP date	18	Birth information
Polgliani, 201446	ES2	360	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated using LMP date	19	Birth information
Carvalhaes, 2015c	CLaB	656	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Already calculated in the data set	2	Birth information, PPCW, PPCL
Magalhaes, 201547	BA2	328	Measured	Self-reported	Measured in the visit	Calculated using LMP date	1	BW
Chagas, 201748	BRISA	1,447	Measured	Self-reported	Measured in the visits	Calculated according to the standardb	1	Birth information, PPCW, PPCL
Mastroeni, 201749	PREDI	435	Measured	Self-reported	Measured	Already calculated in the data set	1	Birth information, PPCW
Morais, 201750	SP3	849	Measured	Not collected	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Already calculated in the data set	16	BW
Hallal, 201851	Pelotas	4,329	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Already calculated in the data set	15	Birth information, PPWR, PPCW, PPCL
Morais, 201852	SP4	2,069	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Already calculated in the data set	2	BW, BL

Names of studies are derivated from acronyms and abbreviations from Portuguese: EBDG; Estudo Brasileiro do Diabetes Gestacional (Brazilian Study of Gestational Diabetes); MERJ Maternidade-escola, Rio de Janeiro, ECCAGe Estudo do Consumo e Comportamento Alimentar na Gestação, EPRG Estudos Perinatais de Rio Grande, PQ Petrópolis e Queimados, RMGV Região Metropolitana da Grande Vitória, SP1 São Paulo 1, SP2 São Paulo 2, RJ Rio de Janeiro, BA1 Bahia 1, ProcriAr cohort conducted in São Paulo, MEPel Maternidade-escola, Pelotas, ES1 Espírito Santo 1, ES2 Espírito Santo 2, CLaB Coorte de Lactentes de Botucatu, BA2 Bahia 2, BRISA birth cohort in São Luís, Maranhão,PREDI PREDIctors of maternal and infant excess body weight—PREDI Study, SP3 São Paulo 3, Pelotas Pelotas 2015 birth cohort, SP4 São Paulo 4. Birth information (It includes gestational age, BW birth weight, BL birth length and sex); PPWR postpartum weight retention, PPCW postpartum child weight, PPCL postpartum child length, LMP last menstrual period.

^aself-reported + information copied from the booklet—not used because it was not possible to identify if it was self-reported or not.

^bStandard: ultrasound estimated age if ultrasound was performed before 24 weeks, LMP date if ultrasound was not available.

^cNot published study.