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Table 1 Proportion (%) and 95% confidence interval (CI) in pregnant women. University Hospital from a Metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019

From: Inadequacy of gestational weight gain during high-risk pregnancies is not associated with household food insecurity

Variables

Proportion (%)

95% CI

Total GWGa

  

Insufficient

23.7

17.8-31.1

Adequacy

21.9

16.1-29.0

Excessive

54.4

46.5-62.0

Maternal age

  

≤ 35 years old

72.8

65.1-79.4

> 35 years old

27.2

20.6-34.8

Race/ethnicity

  

White

32.5

25.8-40.0

Black/mixed-race

67.5

60.0-74.1

Marital status

  

Single/Divorced/Widowed

28.4

22.0-35.7

Married

71.6

64.3-78.0

Educational level

  

< 9 years

16.6

11.6-23.0

9 – 15 years

74.5

67.4-80.6

> 15 years

8.9

5.4-14.2

Consumption of potable water

  

Yes

79.0

72.1-84.6

No

21.0

15.4-27.8

Family income

  

≤ 2 minimum wages

69.1

61.5-75.8

>2 minimum wages

30.9

24.2-38.4

Level of Security/Food insecurity (FI)

  

Food security

43.5

36.1-51.3

Mild FI

44.2

36.7-52.0

Moderate/severe FI

12.3

8.02-18.3

Gestational trimester in first antenatal care PHCc

  

1st trimester

77.3

69.3-83.7

2nd - 3rd trimester

22.7

16.3-30.7

Gestational trimester in first antenatal care UHd

  

1st trimester

23.2

17.3-30.3

2nd-3rd trimester

76.8

69.7-82.7

Number visits prenatal

  

< 8

50.9

43.3-58.4

≥ 8

49.1

41.6-56.6

Number previous pregnancy

  

1

34.3

26.7-42.8

2 – 3

46.3

37.9-54.8

≥ 4

19.4

13.5-27.0

Consumption of alcohol

  

Yes

7.1

4.1-12.2

No

92.9

87.8-96.0

Current smoker

  

Yes

6.5

3.6-11.4

No

93.5

88.6-96.4

Pre pregnancy BMIb

  

Low weight

2.5

0.9-6.7

Normal

35.3

28.1-43.1

Overweight/ Obesity

62.2

54.2-69.5

Weeks’ gestation at delivery

  

< 40 weeks

27.5

20.2-36.2

≥ 40 weeks

72.5

63.7-79.8

  1. aGestational weight gain estimated according Institute of Medicine (2009)
  2. bBody Mass Index (Kg/m2)
  3. cPrimary Health Care Service
  4. dUniversity Hospital