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Table 2 Association between gestational weight gain and adverse birth weights according to the IOM guidelines in total cohort

From: Maternal age-specific risks for adverse birth weights according to gestational weight gain: a prospective cohort in Chinese women older than 30

GWG

LGA

SGA

n (%)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

n (%)

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Overalla(n = 19,854)

     

Below

183 (3.4)

0.47 (0.39, 0.55)

0.48 (0.40, 0.57) **

472 (8.7)

1.67 (1.46, 1.91)

1.63 (1.42, 1.86) **

Within

571 (7.0)

1.00

1.00

441 (5.4)

1.00

1.00

Above

838 (13.5)

2.09 (1.87, 2.34)

1.77 (1.57, 1.99) **

220 (3.6)

0.65 (0.55, 0.76)

0.72 (0.60, 0.85) *

Underweightb(n = 1965)

     

Below

5 (0.7)

0.20 (0.07, 0.46)

0.19 (0.07, 0.46) *

110 (15.3)

2.08 (1.53, 2.83)

2.02 (1.48, 2.76) **

Within

34 (3.4)

1.00

1.00

79 (8.0)

1.00

1.00

Above

19 (7.5)

2.26 (1.25, 4.00)

2.32 (1.28, 4.11) *

19 (7.5)

0.93 (0.54, 1.53)

0.92 (0.53, 1.51)

Normal weightb(n = 12,477)

     

Below

152 (3.6)

0.51 (0.42, 0.62)

0.49 (0.41, 0.60) **

316 (7.6)

1.44 (1.22, 1.70)

1.44 (1.22, 1.71) **

Within

376 (6.9)

1.00

1.00

293 (5.4)

1.00

1.00

Above

332 (11.7)

1.78 (1.52, 2.08)

1.81 (1.55, 2.11) **

98 (3.4)

0.63 (0.49, 0.79)

0.61 (0.48, 0.76) **

Overweight/Obeseb(n = 5412)

     

Below

26 (4.7)

0.50 (0.32, 0.74)

0.47 (0.30, 0.71) *

46 (8.4)

2.24 (1.52, 3.29)

2.32 (1.55, 3.44) **

Within

161 (9.1)

1.00

1.00

69 (3.9)

1.00

1.00

Above

487 (15.8)

1.87 (1.55, 2.26)

1.94 (1.60, 2.36) **

103 (3.3)

0.85 (0.62, 1.16)

0.76 (0.56, 1.05)

  1. a Adjusted for maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational diabetes mellitus, and preeclampsia
  2. b Adjusted for maternal age, gestational diabetes mellitus, and preeclampsia
  3. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.0001
  4. Abbreviations: IOM, Institute of Medicine; GWG, gestational weight gain; LGA, large-for-gestational-age; SGA, small-for-gestational-age