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Table 4 Association of provider advice with women’s compliance to the Institute of Medicine guidelines, using weekly rate of GWG across all trimesters (N = 276)

From: Association of provider advice and gestational weight gain in twin pregnancies: a cross-sectional electronic survey

 

GWG Below IOM Guidelines

GWG Above IOM Guidelines

Provider Advised GWG

Adjusted ORa

95% CI

Adjusted ORa

95% CI

Below IOM guidelines

7.11

3.15, 16.03

1.56

0.62, 3.92

Above IOM guidelines

0.64

0.07, 5.81

4.58

1.48, 14.19

Within IOM guidelines

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Did not discuss

2.67

1.28, 5.59

1.82

0.90, 3.69

  1. Abbreviations: GWG = gestational weight gain, IOM = Institute of Medicine
  2. aModel adjusted for maternal age at delivery, education, parity, twin type (dichorionic/diamniotic vs. dichorionic/monoamniotic or monochorionic/monoamniotic), assisted reproductive technologies (yes/no), and pre-pregnancy BMI category. Bolded values are statistically significant (p < 0.05)
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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