Prepregnancy weight change associated with high gestational weight gain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Gestational weight gain (GWG) above recommendations is a risk factor for adverse maternal, perinatal, and long-term outcomes. This study hypothesized that prepregnancy weight gain may portend excess GWG.

Methods

Among 1,126 women (51% of whom were of Black race) in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study with post-baseline births, the prepregnancy annual rate of BMI change per woman was estimated (slope; 5 years before pregnancy) and was related to the risk of GWG above Institute of Medicine recommendations using mixed-effects models (binary) and GWG z score (continuous), adjusting for confounders, and stratified by prepregnancy overweight/obesity status.

Results

A total of 626 women (56%) had excess GWG. Each standard deviation i

SUBMITTER: Catov JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9996907 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature