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Table 3 Maternal characteristics by Body Mass Index

From: Pre-pregnancy obesity and non-adherence to multivitamin use: findings from the National Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (2009–2011)

 

Underweight n = 219 560

Normal Weight n = 2 534 187

Overweight n = 1 212 554

Obese n = 1 066 261

P-value

Weighted row %

Socio-demographic

Age

    

<.0001

   ≤ 19

17.4

10.9

7.4

5.8

 

  20–24

30.9

22.2

23.1

22.7

 

  25–29

26.7

28.5

29.8

31.0

 

  30–35

16.8

25.0

24.7

25.4

 

   > 35

8.3

13.4

15.0

15.1

 

Race/Ethnicity

    

<.0001

  White, non-Hispanic

60.4

63.7

56.0

56.2

 

  Black, non-Hispanic

11.7

10.8

15.6

18.7

 

  Hispanic

14.8

16.0

20.4

19.8

 

  Other, non-Hispanic

13.1

9.4

7.1

5.4

 

Married

    

<.0001

  Yes

52.2

63.5

60.5

57.4

 

  Other

47.8

36.5

39.5

42.6

 

Education

    

<.0001

   < High school

22.2

15.1

16.1

16.0

 

  High school

29.4

23.6

27.2

31.2

 

   > High school

48.4

61.4

56.6

52.9

 

Income

    

<.0001

   < $20,000

48.9

32.9

36.7

40.8

 

  $20,000–34,999

15.0

15.4

17.7

20.4

 

  $35,000–49,999

9.1

9.8

10.6

11.3

 

   ≥ $50,000

27.0

41.9

35.1

27.5

 

Pre-pregnancy Insurance

    

<.0001

  Private

45.3

60.0

54.8

49.3

 

  Medicaid

20.9

13.9

15.2

19.1

 

  Other

2.11

1.9

1.9

2.1

 

  Multiple

3.6

3.2

3.3

3.9

 

  No insurance

28.0

21.0

24.8

25.6

 

Medical-reproductive

     

Previous live birth

    

<.0001

  0

51.6

45.8

38.7

34.7

 

  1–2

40.8

45.7

49.0

51.4

 

   ≥ 3

7.6

8.6

12.3

13.9

 

Pre-pregnancy diabetes

1.6

1.4

2.2

3.9

<.0001

Pre-pregnancy hypertension

7.1

7.1

9.0

13.3

<.0001

Unintended Pregnancy

50.0

40.6

42.0

45.9

<.0001

Socio-behavioral

     

Pre-pregnancy smoking

30.7

22.5

24.5

28.3

<.0001

Average # of alcohol drink/week

   

<.0001

  None

17.7

15.6

17.2

19.8

 

  Up to 3

68.9

67.5

67.3

68.3

 

  4 or more

11.4

15.0

13.4

10.3

 

Pre-pregnancy dieting

8.1

21.0

36.5

41.4

<.0001

Pre-pregnancy exercising

31.0

45.8

42.8

35.3

<.0001

Intimate partner violence

4.4

2.8

3.2

3.2

0.0085

  1. Weighted N = adjusted for the complex sampling design and represents the total population that the sampled was derived from