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Table 4 Mean difference (95% Confidence Interval) of length of stay in hospital from delivery to discharge by IMO recommendations

From: Associations of maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and excess pregnancy weight gains with adverse pregnancy outcomes and length of hospital stay

Model numbers

 

IOM categories (%)

 

N

Inadequate

(n = 1648)

Adequate

(n = 2549)

Excess

(n = 2324)

Model 1

6521

-0.07 (-0.17,0.03)

0.0

0.19(0.10,0.27)

Model 2

6521

-0.07(-0.16,0.03)

0.0

0.20(0.11,0.29)

Model 3

6521

-0.05(-0.14,0.05)

0.0

0.15(0.07,0.24)

Model 4

6521

-0.07(-0.15,0.02)

0.0

0.16(0.08,0.24)

  1. Model 1: Adjusted for maternal age
  2. Model 2: confounder adjusted model - maternal age, education, racial origin, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption
  3. Model 3: model 2+ additionally adjusted for the mediating effects of complications of pregnancy
  4. Model 4: model 3+ adjusted for the mediating effects of birth weights and method of delivery
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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