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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2019 Feb 11;22(5):797–804. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018003749

Table 4:

Association between the tertile of rate of change in maternal anthropometry in the third trimester (28–40wks) and neonatal anthropometry

Neonatal Anthropometry

Maternal Anthropometry Lean Mass (g)
β (95% CI)
Fat Mass (g)
β (95% CI)
Fat Percent (%)
β (95% CI)
Birthweight (g)
β (95% CI)

Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (mm/week)
 −2.37 to 0.22 16.0 (−14.6, 46.6) −9.05 (−27.2, 9.17) −0.21 (−0.63, 0.23) 12.6 (−30.6, 55.7)
 0.22 to 0.56 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 0.57 to 3.276 −22.8 (−53.0, 7.46) −8.72 (−26.7, 9.26) −0.13 (−0.56, 0.29) −26.7 (−69.4, 15.8)
Subscapular Skinfold (mm /week)
 −0.17 to 0.06 25.5 (−5.82, 56.9) 6.75 (−12.0, 25.5) 0.15 (−0.29, 0.59) 33.9 (−10.3, 78.3)
 0.07 to 0.12 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 0.13 to 0.54 4.54 (−27.7, 36.8) 2.21 (−17.1, 21.5) 0.03 (−0.42, 0.48) 12.8 (−32.8, 58.5)
Triceps Skinfold (mm /week)
 −0.57 to −0.06 35.8 (5.64, 65.9)* 10.02 (−8.00, 28.1) 0.18 (−0.24, 0.61) 35.9 (−6.66, 78.6)
 −0.05 to 0.06 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 0.07 to 0.63 −4.78 (−35.3, 25.7) 0.34 (−17.9, 18.5) 0.09 (−0.33, 0.52) −7.52 (−50.8, 35.7)
Weight Change (kg/week)
 −0.37 to 0.52 −54.1 (−84.8, −23.5)* −36.4 (−54.6, −18.2)* −0.77 (−1.20, −0.34)* −85.6 (−128.1, - 42.7)*
 0.51 to 0.71 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 0.72 to 1.73 25.1 (−5.00, 55.2) 23.6 (5.70, 41.5)* 0.45 (0.03, 0.87)* 54.5 (12.1, 97.0)*
Net Weight Change (kg/week)
 −0.06 to 0.04 −14.7 (−45.5, 16.1) −14.8 (−33.2, 3.59) −0.30 (−0.73, −0.13)* −25.3 (−68.7, 18.1)
 0.041 to 0.06 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 0.061 to 0.18 15.1 (−15.4, 45.3) 19.4 (1.30, 37.5)* 0.42 (−0.004, 0.85) 40.8 (−2.05, 83.7)
*

P<0.05

Values are beta coefficients (95% CI); adjusted for race, infant sex, parity, age, height, pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational age at delivery, and neonatal measurement date, and baseline anthropometry value; Neonatal lean mass, fat mass, and fat percent (n=1698), Birthweight (n=1759)

Calculated as the difference between maternal weight and estimated fetal weight