| |
Lean controls
(n=175) |
Overweight or obesity mothers
(n=70) |
|
| |
Mean±SD |
Min |
Max |
Mean±SD |
Min |
Max |
p value |
| BMI before pregnancy |
21.20±1.93 |
15.80 |
24.80 |
28.06±4.03 |
22.10 |
39.60 |
0.000 |
| BMI before delivery |
25.85±2.34 |
18.80 |
29.70 |
33.06±3.15 |
27.10 |
43.30 |
0.000 |
| Body weight increase (kg) |
13.19±4.00 |
3 |
25 |
13.45±6.34 |
-12 |
26 |
0.716 |
| Maternal age at delivery (years) |
32.57±5.61 |
20 |
49 |
33.02±4.65 |
22 |
43 |
0.553 |
| |
Absolute frequencies (n) |
Percentage (%) |
Absolute frequencies (n) |
Percentage (%) |
p value |
| Hypertension |
5 |
2.9 |
3 |
4.3 |
0.412 |
| Chorioamnionitis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
n.c.# |
| Mode of delivery |
Vaginal delivery |
92 |
52.6 |
30 |
42.9 |
0.074 |
| Cesarean section |
78 |
44.6 |
40 |
57.1 |
| Smoking |
Not smoking |
151 |
86.3 |
60 |
85.7 |
0.672 |
| < 10 cigarettes/day |
20 |
11.4 |
7 |
10 |
| ≥ 10 cigarettes/day |
4 |
2.3 |
3 |
4.3 |
| Alcohol consumption |
No |
167 |
95.4 |
66 |
94.3 |
0.425 |
| Occasionally* |
2 |
1.1 |
2 |
2.9 |
| Rarely** |
2 |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
| Parity |
1 |
86 |
49.1 |
36 |
51.4 |
0.218 |
| 2 |
67 |
38.3 |
25 |
35.7 |
| 3 |
15 |
8.6 |
5 |
7.1 |
| 4 or more |
2 |
1.1 |
4 |
5.7 |
*Once-twice a week
**Once-twice a month
# Not countable
BMI, Body Mass Index
Data are means ± standard deviation, minimum and maximum for continuous variables; absolute frequencies and percentage for categorical variables
BMI before and at the end of pregnancy was calculated according to the standard definition [weight in kilograms divided by height in square meters (kg/m2)] |
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