Table 2 Maternal anthropometric characteristics according to pre-pregnancy BMI

From: Relationships between pregnancy outcomes, biochemical markers and pre-pregnancy body mass index

 

Pre-pregnancy BMI

P-value

 

Underweight (n=111)

Normal weight (n=363)

Overweight (n=67)

Obese (n=67)

 

Height (cm)

162.8±4.6ba

161.3±4.7ab

161.0±4.2a

160.1±4.8a

0.002b

Pre-pregnancy weight (kg)

46.8±3.2a

53.2±4.1b

61.7±3.6c

71.1±8.1d

<0.001

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg m−2)

17.6±0.7a

20.4±1.2b

23.8±0.5c

27.7±2.5d

<0.001

Body weight at delivery (kg)

60.5±6.0a

66.9±6.5b

73.4±6.2c

81.7±9.3d

<0.001

  1. Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
  2. BMI (kg m−2) categories according to the Asia-Pacific standard: see Table 1.
  3. aMean±s.d.
  4. bP-value by analysis of variance.
  5. Values followed by different alphabets within the same row are significantly different at P<0.05 by Tukey test.
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