Research Article
The Association between Obesity-Risk Genes and Gestational Weight Gain Is Modified by Dietary Intake in African American Women
Table 1
Characteristics of the sample (N = 85).
| | Characteristic | Value |
| | Outcomes | | | Gestational weight gain (kg), mean (SD) | 14.2 (±7.4) | | Gestational weight gain-IOMa, number (%) | | | Appropriate weight gain | 23 (27.1) | | Low weight gain | 15 (17.6) | | High weight gain | 47 (55.3) | | Dietary intake | | | Total energy intake (kcal/day), mean (SD) | 2385.8 (±488.0) | | Percentage of calories from fat, mean (SD) | 32.7 (±2.7) | | Percentage of calories from carbohydrate, mean (SD) | 55.0 (±3.8) | | Percentage of calories from protein, mean (SD) | 13.6 (±1.6) | | Demographic factors | | | Age, mean (SD) | 23.4 (±4.7) | | Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 28.4 (±5.5) | | Education (grade), median (range) | 12 (3–16) | | Marital status (married/have a partner), number (%) | 66 (77.6) | | Health insurance (public), number (%) | 77 (90.6) | | Medical and lifestyle factors | | | Parity (nulliparous), number (%) | 38 (44.7) | | Gestation weeks, median (range) | 39.4 (35.4–41.1) | | Smoking, number (%) | 21 (25.0) | | Illicit drug use, number (%) | 22 (26.5) | | Physical activity (MET-hours/weekb), mean (SD) | 286.6 (±117.1) |
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aCalculated based on the 2009 IOM guidelines; bMET means metabolic equivalent.
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