Research Article
Association between Gestational Weight Gain and Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Northern Ghana
Table 3
Crosstabulation of prepregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain.
| Prepregnancy BMI | Frequency | Gestational weight gain | Normal | Inadequate | Excessive |
| Underweight | 83 | 18 (23.68) | 64 (12.40) | 1 (5.26) | Normal weight | 420 | 35 (46.05) | 376 (72.87) | 9 (47.37) | Overweight | 85 | 12 (15.79) | 68 (13.18) | 5 (26.32) | Obese | 23 | 11 (14.47) | 8 (1.55) | 4 (21.05) |
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