Gestational weight gain in Chinese women -- results from a retrospective cohort in Changsha, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The generalizability of the gestational weight gain (GWG) ranges recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to Chinese women is disputed.

Methods

In 2016, 16,780 pregnant women who gave birth to live singletons in Changsha, China, were enrolled. First, subjects with optimal pregnancy outcomes were identified for the GWG percentile distribution description and for comparison to the IOM recommendations. Second, all subjects with optimal GWG according to the IOM body mass index (BMI) cutoffs and those with optimal GWG according to the Asian BMI cutoffs were selected. Pregnancy outcomes were compared between those two groups.

Results

A total of 13,717 births with optimal pregnancy outcomes were selected to describe the GWG distribution. The height and centr

SUBMITTER: Huang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5975263 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature