Effect of Gestational Weight Gain on Perinatal Outcomes in Low Risk Pregnancies with Normal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index

Table 1

Comparison of demographic and obstetric characteristics between groups.

	Inadequate weight gain (n:62)	Normal weight gain (n:430)	Excessive weight gain (n:80)	p-value
Maternal age (years)	29.1±3.1	28.6±3.2	28.7±3.2	0.186
Pregestational BMI (kg/m^2)	23.5±1.4	23.6±1.3	23.6±1.3	0.791
Gravity	2.5±0.8	2.4±0.7	2.5±0.7	0.548
Parity	2.0±0.7	2.1±0.7	2.1±0.7	0.326
Previous cesarean; history (n%)	15 (24,1%)	99(23,2%)	19(23,7%)	0.971

The comparison of more than two groups was investigated using ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test with Minitab 16 (MinitabInc.; StateCollege, PA, USA). The difference between groups was considered statistically significant when p value was <0.05.