Table 1 Anthropometric data of the total sample and stratified by the classification of pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (PPBMI) in a sample of pregnant women at diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, 2014. [Mean±SD or Median (interquartile range) or n (%)]
PPBMI (kg/m2) | p** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n=76) | < 25 (n=21) | ≥ 25 (n=25) | ≥ 30 (n=30) | ||
Feature | |||||
Weight gain before diagnosis (kg) | 8,1 (2,2 – 11,1) | 9.0 (7,6-11,1)a | 9,2 (2,5-13,9)a | 3,4 (0,1-9.0)b | 0.002 |
Below the recommended | 26 (34,2) | 4 (19.0) | 7 (28.0) | 15 (50.0) | 0,166 |
Adequate | 4 (5,3) | 2 (9,5) | 1 (4.0) | 1 (3,3) | |
Above the recommended | 46 (60,5) | 15 (71,4) | 17 (68.0) | 14 (46,7) | |
BMI at diagnosis (kg/m 2 ) | 32,2±5,8 | 26,1±2.0a | 30,9±3,1b | 37,5±4,5c | < 0.001 |
Low weight | 1 (1,3) | 1 (4,8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | < 0.001 |
Normal weight | 16 (21,1) | 14 (66,7)* | 2 (8.0) | 0 (0) | |
Overweight | 22 (28,9) | 6 (28,6) | 14 (56.0)* | 2 (6,7) | |
Obesity | 37 (48,7) | 0 (0) | 9 (36.0) | 28 (93,3)* |