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Table 3 Postpartum weight retention and proportion of women with GDM meeting or exceeding weight goals1

From: The Gestational Diabetes Management System (GooDMomS): development, feasibility and lessons learned from a patient-informed, web-based pregnancy and postpartum lifestyle intervention

 

6 weeks PP

n = 16

30 weeks PP

n = 16

Mean change,2 p-value

Postpartum weight (kgs), mean ± sd

72.6 ± 18

69 ± 18.1

−2.9 ± 23.6 p = 0.6

Postpartum weight retention (kgs), mean ± sd

1.0 ± 6.9

0.4 ± 5.9

−0.5 ± 9.1; p = 0.8

Proportion meeting/exceeding weight goal3, n (%)

  

Percent change,3 p-value

 All participants

7/16 (43 %)

9/16 (56 %)

13 %’; p = 0.4

  Normal BMI (18.5–24.9 kg/m2)

1/8 (12.5 %)

5/8 (62.5 %)

49 %; p = 0.03

  Overweight/obese BMI (25–34 kg/m2)

6/8 (75 %)

4/8 (50 %)

−25 %; p = 0.3

  1. GDM gestational diabetes; kg = kilograms; sd = standard deviation; PP = postpartum
  2. 1Values are based on the 16 participants with complete weight data at 6 weeks and 30 weeks postpartum
  3. 2mean change represents the mean difference in weight retention at 6 weeks and 30 weeks postpartum
  4. 3postpartum weight goal was a return to the weight at the earliest first trimester visit or a 5 % weight loss, whichever was greater
  5. represents percentage change in the proportion of participants meeting or exceeding their weight loss goal
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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