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Table 2 Sample characteristics by revision period and pre-pregnancy weight category

From: The effect of the 2009 revised U.S. guidelines for gestational weight gain on maternal and infant health: a quasi-experimental study

 

Pre July 2010

Post July 2010

Overweight N = 47,135

Obese

N = 41,913

Overweight

N = 70,346

Obese

N = 69,826

% or Mean (SD)

% or Mean (SD)

% or Mean (SD)

% or Mean (SD)

Maternal Characteristics

 Age, years

  < 25

31.7

29.6

23.5

22.9

  25–34

51.7

54.0

58.2

59.1

  35+

16.6

16.4

18.3

18.0

 Race/Ethnicity

  White

54.4

53.2

49.2

46.4

  Black

18.7

23.2

18.2

23.6

  Hispanic/Latina

14.4

12.4

17.7

16.8

  Asian/Pacific Islander

6.3

4.0

6.2

3.1

  American Indian/Alaskan Native

4.4

5.4

3.9

4.9

  Other

1.8

1.8

4.8

5.3

 Education

  Less than high school

14.7

14.2

11.7

11.7

  High school

30.3

34.8

24.0

28.8

  Some college

27.2

30.3

31.1

36.1

  College or more

27.8

20.6

33.2

23.5

 Married

62.8

60.3

61.2

55.5

 Parity

  Nulliparous

39.3

36.9

37.6

35.1

  Parity 1

31.7

31.4

32.0

31.2

  Parity 2+

29.0

31.7

30.5

33.8

 Medicaid during pregnancy

43.7

50.7

44.7

53.6

 Annual household income ≥ $50,000a

44.4

37.4

43.9

35.2

 WIC during pregnancy

47.4

55.8

44.7

53.5

Maternal Outcomes

 Gestational weight gain, lbs

29.6 (14.7)

24.0 (15.8)

29.9 (15.4)

24.1 (17.0)

 Gestational diabetes

11.6

18.3

11.4

18.1

 GWG within IOM recommendation

28.8

27.3

26.2

24.8

Infant Outcomes

 Preterm birth

21.6

25.4

17.1

19.8

 Low birthweight

24.2

27.8

18.4

20.7

 Very low birthweight

6.0

8.6

3.6

4.9

 Small for gestational age

14.5

14.8

13.3

12.7

 Large for gestational age

11.0

13.5

10.8

14.0

 Macrosomia

1.3

2.1

1.3

1.9

  1. Sample was drawn from PRAMS participating states from 2004 to 2019 and included women with live-born singleton births with a gestational age of 20–44 weeks at delivery and whose pre-pregnancy weight was categorized as obese (BMI ≥ 30.0) or overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9)
  2. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, GWG Gestational weight gain, IOM Institute of Medicine, PRAMS Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
  3. aInflation adjusted to 2018 US dollars