Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Obstetric Complications in Moroccan Population

Table 3

Neonatal complications according to BMI and weight gain.

Neonatal complications	BMI groups kg/m^2				𝑃	Weight gain GP kg			𝑃
	<20	20–24.9	25–29.9	≥30		<8 kg	8 kg–16 kg	>16 kg
	𝑛=102	𝑛=871	𝑛=348	𝑛=87		𝑛=530	𝑛=777	𝑛=101
Birth weight (g ± sd)	3186±603	3325±556	3458±542	3705±692	<0.01*	3201±566.7	3435±540.4	3782±595	<0.01*
Low birth weight 𝑛 (%)	7 (6.9)	33 (3.8)	11 (3.2)	2 (2.3)	0.312	33 (6.2)	19 (2.5)	1 (0.9)	<0.01*
Macrosomia 𝑛 (%)	9 (8.8)	119 (13.7)	59 (17)	35 (40.2)	<0.01*	42 (8)	134 (17.2)	46 (45.5)	0.01*
Stillbirth 𝑛 (%)	5 (4.9)	32 (3.7)	14 (4)	1 (1.1)	0.5	24 (4.5)	27 (3.5)	1 (0.9)	0.2
Size (cm ± sd)	49.57±3.2	50.15±1.5	50.11±2.2	50.15±2.3	0.04*	50±1.9	50±2	50.2±0.8	0.68
Perimeter crania (cm ± sd)	34.60±1.3	34.83±0.7	34.84±0.9	34.87±0.6	0.04*	34.8±0.8	34.8±0.9	34.7±0.5	0.76

∗Significant (𝑃<0.05).
Quantitative variables were expressed in average ± standard deviation, and qualitative variables were expressed in numbers and percentages.