Acculturation and gestational weight gain in a predominantly puerto rican population

Table 2 Acculturation variables according to gestational weight gain proyecto buena salud, Western Massachusetts, 2006-2011

	Gestational weight gain				Meeting IOM guidelines†
	Total weight gain (n=952) (kg)		Rate of weight gain (n=947) (kg/week)		Above		Within		Below		p value*
	mean	SD	Mean	SD	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total Sample	14	6.8	0.36	0.2	440	46.3	295	31.1	215	22.6
Psychological acculturation scale
Low acculturation	14.3	6.5	0.36	0.2	150	49.3	93	30.6	61	20.1
Mid acculturation	13.4	7.1	0.34	0.2	139	42.8	101	31.1	85	26.2
High acculturation	14.4	6.7	0.36	0.2	151	47.0	101	31.5	69	21.5
P-value*	0.13		0.14								0.4
Generation
Born in PR/DR	13.3	6.7	0.34	0.2	178	42.5	140	33.4	101	24.1
At least one parent born in PR/DR	14.4	6.9	0.36	0.2	219	48.5	130	28.8	103	22.8
Grandparents born in PR/DR	16.3	5.7	0.41	0.1	30	62.5	13	27.1	5	10.4
P-value*	<0.01		0.01								0.04
Birthplace
PR/DR born	13.3	6.7	0.34	0.2	178	42.5	140	33.4	101	24.1
US born	14.6	16.9	0.37	0.2	250	49.6	144	28.6	110	21.8
P-value*	<0.01		0.02								0.09
Language preference
Spanish	13.4	6.4	0.35	0.2	97	46.3	68	31.8	49	22.9
English	14.1	6.9	0.36	0.2	317	45.3	211	30.8	157	22.9	1.0
P-value*	0.2		0.4

† “underweight"(BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) advised to gain 13–18 kg, “normal weight” (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2).
11–16 kg, “overweight” (BMI 25–29.0 kg/m2) 7–11 kg "obese" BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2, advised to gain 5–9 kg.
Sample sizes vary slightly due to missing data.
*Statistical significance based on ANOVA and Chi-square calculations.

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