Research Article

Predictors of Gestational Weight Gain among White and Latina Women and Associations with Birth Weight

Table 4

Prevalence of selected pregnancy outcomes by gestational weight status in overall study sample ().

OutcomesGestational weight gain status
BelowWithinAbove

Length of pregnancy ()1
 Term delivery80 (88.9)134 (88.2)290 (89.0)
 Preterm delivery10 (11.1)18 (11.8)36 (11.0)

Birth weight ()1
 SGA18 (20.7)15 (10.1)23 (7.1)
 Normal GA66 (75.9)124 (83.2)264 (82.0)
 LGA3 (3.4)10 (6.7)35 (10.9)

Birth weight ()1
 LBW (<2500)10 (11.5)18 (12.1)25 (7.7)
 Normal BW73 (83.9)122 (81.9)261 (80.3)
 HBW (>4000)4 (4.6)9 (6.0)39 (12.0)

value for association between GWG status and selected pregnancy outcomes in the entire sample.
GA: gestational age; SGA: small for gestational age; LGA: large for gestational age; BW: birth weight; LBW: low birth weight; HBW: high birth weight.