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. 2022 Jan 18;36(2):276–287. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12859

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the included studies

Author, year, reference number, country Sample size Maternal characteristics Mean value of the nutritional state (±SD) Offspring's characteristics
Age a (year) Prevalence of overnutrition (%) Age a (year) Male (%)
Andersson, 2015, 50 Sweden 89,829 23–33

GWG:

14 ± 4.2 kg

18.3 100.0
Daraki, 2015, 51 Greece 438 29–30

ppBMI>25:

33.8

4 52.0
Dello Russo, 2013, 56 Germany, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Estonia, Sweden, Belgium 4005 28.4 (28.2–28.6)

excessive GWG:

58.3

2–9 52.8
Derraik, 2015, 54 New Zealand 70 17–42 ppBMI>25: 29.6 4–11 61.0
Fraser, 2010, 13 UK 5154 29.2 ± 4.5

ppBMI>25: 23.4

excessive GWG: 27.2

9 49.5
Gademan, 2010, 55 The Netherlands 3074 25–37 ppBMI>25: 21.5 5–6 50.0
Gaillard, 2015, 49 The Netherlands

5735 (ppBMI)

3118 (GWG)

30.3 ± 5.1

ppBMI: 23.6 ± 4.3 kg/m2

GWG: 14.9 ± 5.8 kg

5.6–8 49.9
Gaillard, 2016, 12 Australia 1392 29 ± 5.8

ppBMI: 21.3 (17.2–34.4) kg/m2

GWG: 0.4 kg/wk

16.7–17.7 50.7
Harville, 2019, 57 USA

200 (pp BMI)

219 (GWG)

14.3–33.7 ppBMI: 23.0 ± 5.6 kg/m2 27 ± 8.4 0.0
Hochner, 2012, 18 Israel 1248 28.4 ± 5.5

ppBMI: 23.9 ± 3.7 kg/m2

GWG: 11.0 ± 4.6 kg

32 ± 0 49.5
Karachaliou, 2015, 51 Greece 518 29.9 ± 5.0 excessive GWG: 45.0 4 50.0
Laor, 1997, 52 Israel 10,533 20–31 ND ND 17 61.4
Lawlor, 2004, 22 Australia 8458 25 ± 5.1 ppBMI: 22.0 ± 4.1 kg/m2 5 51.0
Oken, 2007, 10 USA 970 15–44 excessive GWG: 51.0 3 51.0
Perng, 2014, 14 USA

1073 (adjusted model)

837 (unadjusted model)

15–44

ppBMI>25: 35.3

excessive GWG: 57.7

7.7 (6.6–10.9) 49.7
Roberts, 2005, 23 UK

7430 (systolic)

7428 (diastolic)

29 ± 4.6 ppBMI>25: 10.5 7.5 50.8
Tam, 2018, 17 China 371 31.3 ± 4.6 excessive GWG: 41.0 7 ± 0 52.0

Abbreviations: GWG, gestational weight gain; ND, no data; ppBMI, prepregnancy body mass index.

a

Age is expressed in mean ± standard deviation or range or median (interquartile range).