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. 2022 Sep 23;19(19):12042. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912042

Table 3.

Body mass category according to the BMI centile, depending on the type of delivery and preterm birth.

Variables Underweight Normal Body Weight Overweight Obesity Total
(n = 79) (n = 553) (n = 71) (n = 46) (n = 749)
Preterm birth (before the end of 37 weeks) (p = 0.181)
Yes 19 (15.4%) a 86 (69.9%) a 13 (10.6%) a 5 (4.1%) a 123 (16.4%) a
No 60 (9.6%) a 467 (74.6%) a 58 (9.3%) a 41 (6.5%) a 626 (83.6%) a
Type of delivery (p = 0.164)
Cesarean section 27 (8.7%) a 233 (75.2%) a 35 (11.3%) a 15 (4.8%) a 310 (41.4%) a
Vaginal birth 52 (11.8%) a 320 (72.9%) a 36 (8.2%) a 31 (7.1%) a 439 (58.6%) a

a—number of subjects and (% of subjects); n—number of subjects; p—probability test value.