Research Article
Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Obstetric Complications in Moroccan Population
Table 1
Patient characteristics. Quantitative variables were expressed in average ± standard deviation and qualitative variables in numbers and percentage.
| | Groups BMI§WG | BMI kg/m² | | Weight gain (kg) | | | <20 | 20–24.9 | 25–29.9 | ≥30 | <8 | 8–16 | >16 | | | | | | | |
| | Age (y ± sd) | | | | | <0.01* | | | | 0.1 | | Residence (%) | | | | | <0.01* | | | | <0.003* | | Urban | 43 (42.3) | 323 (37.1) | 161 (46.4) | 40 (46) | | 183 (32.3) | 34 (60) | 43 (7.6) | | | Rural | 59 (57.8) | 548 (62.9) | 186 (53.6) | 47 (54) | | 347 (41.3) | 435 (51.8) | 58 (6.9) | | | Monthly income (%) | | | | | 0.41 | | | | 0.68 | | <5000 DH | 98 (96) | 81 (93.1) | 328 (94.3) | 84 (96.6) | | 500 (37.9) | 728 (55.1) | 93 (7) | | | >5000 DH | 4 (3.9) | 60 (6.9) | 20 (5.7) | 3 (3.4) | | 30 (34.5) | 49 (56.3) | 8 (9.2) | | | Multiparity | 53 (52) | 542 (62.3) | 241 (69.5) | 70 (81.4) | <0.01* | 318 (35.1) | 511 (56.4) | 77 (8.5) | <0.01* | | Fundal height cm ± sd | | | | | <0.01* | | | | <0.01* | | Size (cm ± sd) | | | | | <0.01 | | | | <0.01* | | Birth weight g ± sd | | | | | <0.01* | | | | <0.01* | | Weight gain ((kg) (%) | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | <8 kg | 36 (6.4) | 318 (60) | 135 (25.5) | 43 (8.1) | | — | — | — | | | 8–16 kg | 61 (7.9) | 495 (63.7) | 185 (23.8) | 36 (4.6) | | — | — | — | | | >16 kg | 7 (6.9) | 58 (57.4) | 28 (27.7) | 8 (7.9) | | — | — | — | |
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