Table 1 Origin of the anthropometric information of the studies included in the Brazilian Maternal and Child Nutrition Consortium.

From: Brazilian Maternal and Child Nutrition Consortium: establishment, data harmonization and basic characteristics

First author, year	Attributable study name	Original sample size	Maternal height	Maternal pre-pregnancy weight	Maternal weights during pregnancy	Gestational age at weight measurements	Number of pregnancy weight measures	Available outcomes
Schmidt, 2001³⁴	EBDG	5,578	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated according to the standard^b	14	Birth information
Padilha, 2009³⁵	MERJ	1,450	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Already calculated in the data set	1	Birth information
Nunes, 2010³⁶	ECCAGe	716	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated according to the standard^b	17	Birth information
Zhang, 2011³⁷	EPRG	10,331	Measured	Not used^a	Interview and medical records	Calculated according to the standard^b	2	Birth information
Marano, 2012³⁸	PQ	1,679	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Calculated according to the standard^b	12	Birth information, PPCW, PPCL
Santos-Neto, 2012³⁹	RMGV	1,035	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated using LMP date	19	Birth information
Sato, 2012⁴⁰	SP1	228	Measured	Not collected	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated using LMP date	9	Birth information (no sex)
Carvalhaes, 2013⁴¹	SP2	212	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Calculated according to the standard^b	13	Birth information
Farias, 2013⁴²	RJ	299	Measured	Self-reported	Measured in the visits	Calculated according to the standard^b	4	Birth information
Figueiredo, 2013^c	BA1	654	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Already calculated in the data set	1	BW
Santana, 2013⁴³	ProcriAr	357	Measured	Self-reported	Measured in the visits	Calculated according to the standard^b	3	Birth information, PPCW, PPCL
Fernandes, 2014⁴⁴	MEPel	210	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Already calculated in the data set	2	Birth information
Martinelli, 2014⁴⁵	ES1	742	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated using LMP date	18	Birth information
Polgliani, 2014⁴⁶	ES2	360	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Calculated using LMP date	19	Birth information
Carvalhaes, 2015^c	CLaB	656	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Already calculated in the data set	2	Birth information, PPCW, PPCL
Magalhaes, 2015⁴⁷	BA2	328	Measured	Self-reported	Measured in the visit	Calculated using LMP date	1	BW
Chagas, 2017⁴⁸	BRISA	1,447	Measured	Self-reported	Measured in the visits	Calculated according to the standard^b	1	Birth information, PPCW, PPCL
Mastroeni, 2017⁴⁹	PREDI	435	Measured	Self-reported	Measured	Already calculated in the data set	1	Birth information, PPCW
Morais, 2017⁵⁰	SP3	849	Measured	Not collected	Pregnant booklet/medical records	Already calculated in the data set	16	BW
Hallal, 2018⁵¹	Pelotas	4,329	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Already calculated in the data set	15	Birth information, PPWR, PPCW, PPCL
Morais, 2018⁵²	SP4	2,069	Measured	Self-reported	Pregnant booklet	Already calculated in the data set	2	BW, BL

Names of studies are derivated from acronyms and abbreviations from Portuguese: EBDG; Estudo Brasileiro do Diabetes Gestacional (Brazilian Study of Gestational Diabetes); MERJ Maternidade-escola, Rio de Janeiro, ECCAGe Estudo do Consumo e Comportamento Alimentar na Gestação, EPRG Estudos Perinatais de Rio Grande, PQ Petrópolis e Queimados, RMGV Região Metropolitana da Grande Vitória, SP1 São Paulo 1, SP2 São Paulo 2, RJ Rio de Janeiro, BA1 Bahia 1, ProcriAr cohort conducted in São Paulo, MEPel Maternidade-escola, Pelotas, ES1 Espírito Santo 1, ES2 Espírito Santo 2, CLaB Coorte de Lactentes de Botucatu, BA2 Bahia 2, BRISA birth cohort in São Luís, Maranhão,PREDI PREDIctors of maternal and infant excess body weight—PREDI Study, SP3 São Paulo 3, Pelotas Pelotas 2015 birth cohort, SP4 São Paulo 4. Birth information (It includes gestational age, BW birth weight, BL birth length and sex); PPWR postpartum weight retention, PPCW postpartum child weight, PPCL postpartum child length, LMP last menstrual period.
^aself-reported + information copied from the booklet—not used because it was not possible to identify if it was self-reported or not.
^bStandard: ultrasound estimated age if ultrasound was performed before 24 weeks, LMP date if ultrasound was not available.
^cNot published study.

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Table 1 Origin of the anthropometric information of the studies included in the Brazilian Maternal and Child Nutrition Consortium.

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