Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study participants grouped by pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain.

From: Influence of maternal overweight, obesity and gestational weight gain on the perinatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus

 

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

GWG categories by IOM guidelines (kg)

 

Underweight

Normal weight

Overweight

Obese

Below

Within

Above

N (%)

96 (11.5)

558 (67.1)

134 (16.1)

44 (5.3)

187 (22.5)

352 (42.3)

293 (35.2)

Age, y

 <35

77 (11.1)

466 (67.2)

115 (16.6)

35 (5.1)

151 (21.8)

294 (42.4)

248 (35.8)

 ≥35

19 (13.7)

92 (66.2)

19 (13.7)

9 (6.5)

36 (25.9)

58 (41.7)

45 (32.4)

Parity

 Multiparous

11 (11.3)

64 (66.0)

16 (16.5)

6 (6.2)

27 (27.8)

42 (43.3)

28 (28.9)

 Nulliparous

85 (11.6)

494 (67.2)

118 (16.1)

38 (5.2)

160 (21.8)

310 (42.2)

265 (36.1)

 Height, cm

161.5 ± 4.5

161.4 ± 7.7

161.6 ± 4.4

161.2 ± 5.7

160.7 ± 4.4

161.4 ± 4.6

161.9 ± 9.7

 Glycated hemoglobin, %

4.96 ± 0.28*†

5.04 ± 0.31*†

5.21 ± 0.31‡§†

5.43 ± 0.40‡§*

5.04 ± 0.34||

5.08 ± 0.33

5.11 ± 0.33

 Gestational weeks#, weeks

39.3 ± 1.1

39.2 ± 1.4

39.2 ± 0.9

38.9 ± 2.1

39.0 ± 1.8

39.3 ± 1.3

39.3 ± 1.1

 Birth weight#, g

3273 ± 341§*†

3291 ± 435

3485 ± 408

3470 ± 679

3206 ± 436**||

3413 ± 418¶||

3497 ± 433¶**

 Pre-pregnancy BMI#††, kg/m2

    

21.60 ± 3.0||

21.65 ± 3.3||

22.43 ± 3.4¶**

  1. Data presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation. BMI, body mass index; GWG, gestational weight gain; IOM, Institute of Medicine. *P < 0.05 vs. overweight group; P < 0.05 vs. obese group; P < 0.05 vs. underweight group; §P < 0.05vs. normal weight group; ||P < 0.05 vs. excessive (‘above’) GWG group; P < 0.05 vs. inadequate (‘below’) GWG group; # variance is non-homogeneous; **P < adequate (‘within’) GWG group; ††The Correlation coefficient between Pre-pregnancy BMI and GWG is −0.283, P < 0.05.