Investigation of optimal gestational weight gain based on the occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcomes for Chinese women: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate recommendations for appropriate gestational weight gain (GWG) of Chinese females.

Methods

In total of 3,172 eligible women in the first trimester were recruited into the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study (CPWCS) project. Pregnancy complications and outcomes were collated using the hospital medical records system. The method of occurrence of participants with adverse pregnancy outcomes (Occurrence Method) was conducted to calculate the recommended total GWG for each participant's pre-pregnancy BMI. Occurrence Method data were judged against the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Japanese recommended criteria in terms of the total occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women with appropriate weight gain.

Results

The most frequent GW

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8404327 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature