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Table 5 Weekly weight gain in the third trimester by BMI class for all term singleton births and for births without complications

From: A retrospective study of gestational weight gain in relation to the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations by maternal body mass index in rural Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2015

 

IOM Recommendations (lb)

N

Mean weekly GWG ± SEM in the third trimester (lb/week)

Proportion above IOM recommendations

All births

 

12,912

1.06 ± 0.01

64.5%

 Underweight

1–1.3

371

1.05 ± 0.03

28.6%

 Normal weight

0.8–1.0

5085

1.12 ± 0.01

56.8%

 Overweight

0.5–0.7

3230

1.12 ± 0.01

75.9%

 Obese class I

0.4–0.6

2028

0.98 ± 0.02

71.8%

 Obese class II

0.4–0.6

1230

0.89 ± 0.02

65.0%

 Obese class III

0.4–0.6

968

0.90 ± 0.03

64.4%

Births with no complications

 

6473

1.11 ± 0.01

65.3%

 Underweight

1–1.3

220

1.03 ± 0.03

25.9%

 Normal weight

0.8–1.0

3098

1.14 ± 0.01

58.0%

 Overweight

0.5–0.7

1666

1.17 ± 0.02

79.6%

 Obese class I

0.4–0.6

837

1.04 ± 0.03

74.3%

 Obese class II

0.4–0.6

420

0.87 ± 0.03

65.5%

 Obese class III

0.4–0.6

232

0.96 ± 0.09

63.8%