Suggested Gestational Weight Gain for Chinese Women and Comparison with Institute of Medicine Criteria: A Large Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To establish suggested gestational weight gain (GWG) using several distinct methods in a Chinese population.

Methods

This study analyzed data from the medical records of singleton pregnancy women during 2011-2017 in Beijing, China. Suggested GWG was calculated using four distinct methods. In method 1, suggested GWG was identified by the interquartile method. Subsequently, risk models for small for gestational age (SGA) and large for gestational age (LGA) with respect to GWG were constructed. GWG was treated as a continuous variable in method 2, and as a categorized variable in methods 3 and 4.

Results

An average GWG of 15.78 kg with a prevalence of LGA at 19.34% and SGA at 2.12% was observed among the 34,470 participants. Methods 1 and 2 did not yield clinic

SUBMITTER: Zheng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7983594 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature