Physiology Journal

Research Article

A Population-Based Study on Gestational Weight Gain according to Body Mass Index in the Southeast of Brazil

Table 4

Association between excessive weight gain and LGA and between prepregnancy BMI and LGA of women in southeast of Brazil.
 LGA— (%)*OR (CI 95%)
Adequacy of weight gain  
 Excessive weight gain 21 (5.7%)2.83 (1.19–6.76)
 Insufficient weight gain4 (1.6%)0.75 (0.22–2.58)
 Adequate weight gain7 (2.1%)Reference
Prepregnancy BMI   
 BMI < 18.50 (0%)—
 BMI ≥ 18.5 < 2515 (2.7%)Reference
 BMI ≥ 25 < 3010 (4.3%)1.58 (0.70–3.56)
 BMI ≥ 309 (7.2%)2.75 (1.18–6.44)
Complete data of 992 cases; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; BMI: body mass index; LGA: large for gestational age.