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Table 1 Summary of nutritional characteristics of women (n = 934) by gestational weight gain, northern Ethiopia, 2018

From: Pre-conception and prenatal factors influencing gestational weight gain: a prospective study in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia

Characteristics

Gestational weight gain classification based on IOM recommendations

Total (n = 934)

Inadequate (n = 598)

Adequate (n = 332)

Excessive (n = 4)

Mean (SD)

Range

Mean (SD)

Range

Mean (SD)

Range

Mean (SD)

Range

Height, cm

157.4 (0.1)

135.2 to 175.8

157.6 (0.1)

132.6 to 181.2

154.4 (0.0)

150.4 to 160.6

157.4 (0.1)

132.6 to 181.2

Pre-pregnancy weight, kg

47.5 (6.4)

31.8 to 68.9

51.7 (6.2)

33.3 to 72.9

57.0 (7.7)

47.9 to 66.1

49.0 (6.6)

31.8 to 72.9

Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m2

19.1 (1.9)

15.0 to 25.4

20.8 (1.7)

15.8 to 25.3

23.8 (2.2)

21.20 to 25.6

19.7 (2.0)

15.0 to 25.7

MUAC at inclusion, cm

22.0 (1.9)

17.5 to 29.3

23.6 (1.7)

18.1 to 28.3

26.6 (2.4)

23.8 to 29.6

22.6 (2.0)

17.5 to 29.3

Weight at inclusion, kg

49.6 (6.4)

34.2 to 71.5

54.6 (6.3)

36.6 to 75.7

60.0 (8.9)

49.5 to 70.9

51.5 (6.9)

34.2 to 75.7

Weight gain at inclusion, kg (n = 933)

2.15 (0.9)

0.6 to 5.3

2.9 (1.1)

1.2 to 6.4

3.1 (1.3)

1.6 to 4.8

2.4 (1.0)

0.6 to 6.4

BMI at inclusion, kg/m2

20.0 (1.9)

16.2 to 26.2

21.9 (1.7)

17.3 to 26.1

25.1 (2.6)

21.9 to 27.5

20.7 (2.1)

16.2 to 27.5

MUAC at 32 to 36 weeks, cm

22.2 (1.9)

17.8 to 29.3

23.8 (1.6)

18.3 to 28.3

26.8 (2.3)

24.20 to 29.8

22.8 (2.0)

17.8 to 29.8

Weight at 32 to 36 weeks, kg

56.8 (6.7)

39.7 to 78.8

64.6 (6.3)

44.9 to 88.3

73.3 (7.8)

64.3 to 83.1

59.6 (7.6)

39.7 to 88.3

Gestational weight gain, kg

9.3 (1.6)

5.0 to 14.8

13.0 (1.2)

8.7 to 17.0

16.4 (0.8)

15.3 to 17.0

10.6 (2.3)

5.0 to 17.0