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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 Zou 12ABCDEF , Ning Yang 3ACDG , Wei Cai 4B , Xiulong Niu 5B , Maoti Wei 6CD , Xin Zhang 4B , Xuejing Hou 7CD , Fang Kang 8B , Yuming Li 9AG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.927409

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927409

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of pregnancies according to early-pregnancy BMI category.

CharacteristicsTotalUnder WeightNormal WeightOverweightObeseP
Samplen=5295n=512n=3231n=1156n=396
HDP285 (5.4%)12 (2.3%)113 (3.5%)108 (9.3%)52 (13.1%)0.000
Age (year)30 (28, 33)29 (27, 31)30 (28, 33)31.0 (29, 34)31 (29, 34)0.000
Ethnicity (Han)5084 (96.0%)494 (96.5%)3093 (95.7%)1112 (96.2%)385 (97.2%)0.459
Education level (year)0.000
 ≤9909 (17.2%)87 (17.0%)490 (15.2%)224 (19.4%)108 (27.3%)
 9 to 123809 (71.9%)375 (73.2%)2354 (72.9%)816 (70.6%)264 (66.7%)
 >12577 (10.9%)50 (9.8%)387 (12.0%)116 (10.0%)24 (6.1%)
Primipara3656 (69.0%)414 (80.9%)2247 (69.5%)739 (63.9%)256 (64.6%)0.000
Family history of hypertension995 (18.8%)82 (16.0%)571 (17.7%)248 (22.5)94 (23.7%)0.001
BMI at enrolment, kg/m21.9 (19.9, 24.5)17.7 (17.1, 18.2)21.1 (19.9, 22.4)25.4 (24.7, 26.6)29.9 (28.7, 31.3)0.000
GW at enrolment, week11 (9, 12)11 (10, 12)11 (9, 12)10 (9, 12)11 (9, 12)0.289
GW at delivery, week39 (38, 40)39 (38, 40)39 (38, 40)39 (38, 40)39 (38, 39)0.000
Caesarean section2720 (51.4%)178 (34.8%)1542 (47.7%)705 (61.0%)295 (74.5%)0.000
Neonatal sex (Male)2807 (53.0%)264 (51.6%)1682 (52.1%)629 (54.4%)232 (58.6%)0.059
Neonatal height, cm50 (50, 51)50 (49, 50)50 (50.51)50 (50, 51)50 (50, 51)0.000
Neonatal weight, g3360 (3070, 3650)3215 (2980, 3450)3340 (3055, 3600)3440 (3150, 3730)3495 (3180, 3820)0.000
Neonatal score10 (9, 10)10 (9, 10)10 (9, 10)10 (9, 10)10 (9, 10)0.279
GWG
 16 weeks, kg1.0 (0.3, 2.0)1.5 (0.5, 2.5)1.0 (0.5, 2.0)1.0 (0.2.0)1.0 (0.2.1)0.000
 20 weeks, kg3.5 (2.3, 5.0)4.0 (3.0, 5.5)3.8 (2.5, 5.0)3.3 (2.0, 4.8)2.5 (1.0, 4.0)0.000
 24 weeks, kg6.0 (4.5, 7.85)7.0 (5.0, 8.0)6.0 (4.6, 8.0)5.5 (3.9, 7.5)4.9 (3.0, 6.5)0.000
 28 weeks, kg8.5 (6.5, 10.5)9.0 (7.0, 11.0)9.0 (7.0, 10.5)7.9 (6.0, 10.0)6.1 (4.4, 8.7)0.000
Z-score
 16 weeks−0.16 (−0.82, 0.47)−0.14 (−0.82, 0.42)−0.18 (−0.75, 0.42)−0.17 (−0.97, 0.49)0.01 (−0.78, 0.7)0.204
 20 weeks0.14 (−0.58, 0.68)0.17 (−0.47, 0.64)0.11 (−0.58, 0.68)0.17 (−0.58, 0.73)0.13 (−0.78, 0.85)0.506
 24 weeks0.08 (−0.61, 0.7)0.10 (−0.6, 0.61)0.04 (−0.62, 0.7)0.10 (−0.63, 0.72)0.18 (−0.57, 0.78)0.779
 28 weeks0.10 (−0.52, 0.7)0.09 (−0.59, 0.71)0.13 (−0.43, 0.68)0.06 (−0.59, 0.71)0.05 (−0.65, 0.72)0.726
HDP – hypertensive disorders during pregnancy; Han ethnicity – the ethnic majority in China; BMI – body mass index; GW – gestational week; GWG – gestational weight gain.

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