Pregnancy weight gain charts for obese and overweight women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Reference charts for classifying and monitoring pregnancy weight gain in severely obese women do not exist. The goal was to construct pregnancy weight-gain-for-gestational-age z-score charts for overweight and obese mothers, stratified by severity of obesity.

Methods

Serial weight gain measurements were abstracted from 1047, 1202, 1267, and 730 overweight, class I, II, and III obese women, respectively, delivering uncomplicated term pregnancies at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Multi-level linear regression models were used to express serial weight gain measurements as a function of gestational age.

Results

There were a median [interquartile range] of 11 [9-12] and 11 [9-13] serial weight measurements for overweight and obese (class I, II, and III)

SUBMITTER: Hutcheon JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4340088 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature