Racial/ethnic variations in gestational weight gain: a population-based study in Ontario.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) among pregnant women of different racial/ethnic backgrounds in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

A population-based retrospective cohort study was conducted among women who had prenatal screening and had a singleton birth in an Ontario hospital between April 2016 and March 2017. We estimated adjusted risk ratios (aRR) of racial/ethnic differences for inadequate or excessive GWG using multinomial logistic regression models. Interaction effects were examined to determine whether racial/ethnic difference in GWG varied by pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI).

Results

Among 74,424 women, the prevalence of inadequate GWG in White, Asian, and Black women was 15.7%, 25.8%, and 25.0%, and excessive GWG was 62.8%

SUBMITTER: Guo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6825031 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature