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09 November 2020 : Clinical Research  

Weight Gain Before the Third Trimester and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study

Xiaoyi Zou12ABCDEF, Ning Yang3ACDG, Wei Cai4B, Xiulong Niu5B, Maoti Wei6CD, Xin Zhang4B, Xuejing Hou7CD, Fang Kang8B, Yuming Li9AG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.927409

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927409

Table 3 Descriptive characteristics of pregnancies with and without HDP in different early-pregnancy BMI categories.

CharacteristicOverweight n=1156Obese n=396
CGHDPPCGHDPP
SampleN=1048, 90.7%N=108, 9.3%N=344, 86.9%N=52, 13.1%
Age, years31 (29, 34)31 (28, 34)0.97331 (29, 34)32 (29, 35)0.159
Ethnicity (Han)1005 (95.9%)107 (99.1%)0.168334 (97.1%)51 (98.1%)1.000
Primipara663 (63.3%)76 (70.4%)0.143220 (64.0%)36 (69.2%)0.458
FH of hypertension210 (20.0%)38 (23.2%)82 (23.8%)12 (23.1%)0.904
BMI at enrolment kg/m25.4 24.6, 26.4)25.9 (25.1, 26.9)29.9 (28.7, 31.3)30.5 (29, 31.9)0.235
GW at enrolment weeks10 (9, 12)11 (10, 12)11 (9, 12)10 (9, 11)0.318
GW at delivery, weeks39 38, 40)38 (37, 39)39 (38, 39)39 (37, 39)0.152
Caesarean section624 (59.5%)81 (75.0%)260 (75.6%)35 (67.3%)0.202
Neonatal sex (male)571 (54.5%)58 (53.7%)0.877202 (58.7%)30 (57.7%)0.888
Neonatal height, cm50 (50, 51)50 (48, 50)50 (50, 51)50 (49, 50)
Neonatal weight, g3450 (3170, 3750)3250 (2843, 3598)3503 (3200, 3850)3260 (3028, 3675)
Neonatal score10 (9, 10)10 (9, 10)0.84010 (9, 10)10 (9, 10)0.448
Education level, years
 ≤9209 (19.9%)15 (13.9%)0.31197 (28.2%)11 (21.2%)0.521
 9 to 12734 (70.0%)82 (75.9%)227 (66.0%)37 (71.2%)
 >12105 (10.0%)11 (10.2%)20 (5.8%)4 (7.7%)
GWG, kg
 16 weeks1.0 (0, 2)1.3 (0.2, 2.3)0.0691.0 (0.0, 2.0)0.5 (−1, 2.3)0.448
 20 weeks3.3 (2.0, 4.9)3.5 (2.0, 4.3)0.9632.5 (1.0, 4.3)2.3 (0, 3.9)0.270
 24 weeks5.5 (3.8, 7.5)5.2 (4.0, 7.3)0.9615.0 (3.0, 6.5)4.5 (2.1, 6.8)0.541
 28 weeks8.0 (6.0, 10.0)7.8(6.0, 10.0)0.8766.3 (4.0, 8.8)6.0 (5.0, 8.3)0.929
Z-score around 16 weeks−0.17 (−0.97, 0.45)0.02 (−0.54, 0.74)0.01 (−0.77, 0.70)−0.36 (−1.90, 0.62)
 <−1 SD10.5%4.3%8.3%21.6%
 −1 to +1 SD84.0%84.9%83.8%74.5%
 >+1 SD5.5%10.8%7.9%3.9%
Z-score around 20 weeks−0.06±1.43;0.17 (−0.58, 0.78)0.07±0.88;0.17 (−0.29, 0.63)0.815−0.14 (1.77);0.18 (−0.65, 0.88)−0.27 (1.39);0.04 (−1.39, 0.62)0.302
 <−1 SD10.9%5.9%0.1058.9%14.6%0.459
 −1 to +1 SD80.5%89.1%84.8%79.2%
 >+1 SD8.7%5.0%6.3%6.3%
Z-score around 24 weeks0.10 (−0.63, 0.72)0.05 (−0.58, 0.69)0.9430.20 (−0.56, 0.78)0.02 (−0.74, 0.81)0.730
 <−1 SD10.4%7.5%0.0837.9%5.9%0.720
 −1 to +1 SD81.6%89.6%86.1%90.2%
 >+1 SD8.0%2.8%6.0%3.9%
Z-score around 28 weeks0.06 (−0.59, 0.74)0.17 (−0.50, 0.61)0.8870.04 (−0.66, 0.72)0.05 (−0.38, 0.68)0.799
 <−1 SD12.2%12.4%0.63511.4%10.2%0.962
 −1 to +1 SD74.0%77.1%78.0%79.6%
 >+1 SD13.8%10.5%10.5%10.2%
CG – control group; HDP – hypertensive disorder during pregnancy; Han ethnicity – the ethnic majority in china; FH – family history; BMI – body mass index; GW – gestational week; GWG – gestational weight gain; SD – standard deviation.

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