Gestational Weight Gain: Results from the Delta Healthy Sprouts Comparative Impact Trial

Table 3

Delta Healthy Sprouts participant pregnancy characteristics by treatment.

Characteristic	PAT ()		PATE ()
		%		%
Gestational health conditions
Hypertension	3	7.1	1	2.9	0.399
Preeclampsia	1	2.4	0	0.0	0.358
Advice by prenatal care provider
Healthy eating	37	88.1	29	82.9	0.513
Exercise	34	81.0	28	80.0	0.916
Weight gain (WG)	23	54.8	10	28.6	0.021
WG advice by visit					NA
GM 5	12	52.2	6	60.0
GM 6	6	26.1	1	10.0
GM 7	1	4.3	3	30.0
GM 8	4	17.4	0	0.0
WG advice by BMI class					NA
Underweight (BMI < 18.5)	2	8.7	0	0.0
Healthy weight (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25)	8	34.8	2	20.0
Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30)	6	26.1	3	30.0
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)	7	30.4	5	50.0
Amount of WG advised					0.163
Under IOM recommendations	2	13.3	0	0.0
Within IOM recommendations	10	66.7	2	33.3
Exceeded IOM recommendations	3	20.0	4	66.7

PAT, Parents as Teachers control treatment; PATE, Parents as Teachers Enhanced experimental treatment; WG, weight gain; NA, not applicable (counts too small to make meaningful comparisons); BMI, body mass index; IOM, Institute of Medicine.
Information collected during gestational months 5 through 9 visit.
Questions asked at each gestational visit; frequencies represent cumulative count for gestational months 5 through 9. Those reporting condition at enrollment are excluded.
Based upon self-reported prepregnancy weight.
Not all participants who reported being advised provided an amount.
Comparison: within versus under or exceeding.