Trends in Gestational Weight Gain in Louisiana, March 2019 to March 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Average gestational weight gain (GWG) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is not known whether this trend has continued.

Objective

To examine patterns of GWG during the COVID-19 pandemic by delivery and conception timing through the second year of the pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study is a retrospective review of birth certificate and delivery records from 2019 to 2022. Electronic health records were from the largest delivery hospital in Louisiana. Participants included all individuals giving birth from March 2019 to March 2022. Data analysis was performed from October 2022 to July 2023.

Exposure

Delivery date (cross-sectionally) and conception before the pandemic (March 2019 to March 2020) and during the peak p

SUBMITTER: Harville EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10466167 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature