Figure 1From: Overweight and obesity knowledge prior to pregnancy: a survey study Risks for maternal and infant complications for a normal weight woman or a very obese woman respectively as assessed by pregnant women with a pre pregnancy BMI < 25.0 (white box and light grey box respectively) or BMI ≥ 25.0 (black box and dark grey box respectively) on a five point Likert scale. Results are expressed as mean ± SD. N = 354 for women with BMI < 25.0 and 111 for women with BMI ≥ 25.0. ***, P < 0.001 between the risks for a normal weight woman and an obese woman. There were no statistically significant differences between the assessments of women with a pre pregnancy BMI < or ≥ 25.0 kg/m2.Back to article page