Secular trends in pregnancy weight gain in German women and their influences on foetal outcome: a hospital-based study

Table 2 Pre-pregnancy maternal anthropometric data

	N	Mean	SD	Range
Maternal age	11771	32.5	5.4	18.0-48.1
Maternal height in cm (in)	11771	167.2 (65.8)	6.7 (26.4)	108.0-192.0 (42.5-75.6)
Maternal weight in kg (lbs)	11684	66.7 (147.0)	14.3 (31.5)	37.0-174.8 (81.6-385.4)
Maternal BMI⁺	11678	24.0	5.0	13.1-86.8
Maternal BMI classification (n;%)^$: underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m²)	584 (5.0)
Normal-weight (BMI 18.5 – 24.9 kg/m²)	7681 (65.8)
Overweight (BMI 25.0 – 29.9 kg/m²)	2225 (19.1)
Obese (BMI > 30 kg/m²)	1188 (10.2)
Parity	11601	1.7	1.0	0-12

Pre-pregnancy maternal data of women who born a live singleton new-born between 2000 and 2012 at the Clinic for Gynaecology at the University Hospital of Cologne/Germany.
⁺Body Mass Index was calculated as bodyweight (kg) divided by height squared (m²); ^$ Body Mass Index classification according to WHO guidelines; cm = centimetre; in = inch; kg = kilogram; lbs = pounds; BMI = Body Mass Index; SD = standard deviation; Range = minimum and maximum.

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