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Table 6 Relative risk ratio for inappropriate GWG, relative to Group 1

From: Lack of concern about body image and health during pregnancy linked to excessive gestational weight gain and small-for-gestational-age deliveries: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

 

Group 1

(n = 71,002)

Group 2

(n = 13,406)

    

Group 3

(n = 8131)

    

Cases, n (%)

Cases, n (%)

RRR

95% CI

aRRR

95% CI

Cases, n (%)

RRR

95% CI

aRRR

95% CI

GWG

 Inadequate

12,872 (18.1)

2126 (15.9)

0.86

0.81–0.90

0.93

0.88–0.98

1407 (17.3)

1.08

1.01–1.15

1.07

0.99–1.15

 Appropriate

33,210 (46.8)

6410 (47.8)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

3356 (41.3)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Excessive

23,550 (33.2)

4574 (34.1)

1.01

0.96–1.05

0.98

0.94–1.03

3238 (39.8)

1.36

1.29–1.43

1.28

1.21–1.35

  1. CI confidence interval, RRR crude relative risk ratio, aRRR adjusted relative risk ratio, GWG gestational weight gain
  2. Group 1 = health conscious; Group 2 = body-shape and health conscious; Group 3 = not body-shape or health conscious
  3. Adjusted maternal characteristics include age, pre-pregnancy body mass index, marital status, parity, educational level, weight loss methods, total energy intake, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption habit, past medical history (anaemia, hypertension, diabetes), previous caesarean delivery, pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting, and receipt of health guidance
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