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Table 5 Risk stratification for fetal overgrowth based on prepregnancy BMI and initial GWG

From: Sex-dependent influence of maternal predictors on fetal anthropometry in pregnancies with gestational diabetes mellitus

Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

GWG at the 1st GDM visit (kg)

Fetal weight centile >90% a

Fetal abdominal circumference centile > 90% a

< 25

< 10.3

6%

12%

< 25

≥ 10.3

18%

30%

≥ 25

< 10.3

12%

23%

≥ 25

≥ 10.3

32%

48%

  1. Probability analyses using logistic regression models to assed risk for fetal overgrowth at the 3rd trimester
  2. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, GWG Gestational weight gain, GDM Gestational diabetes mellitus
  3. a adjusted for gestational age using the Intergrowth 21st fetal size application tool [36]
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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