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Table 6 Associations of BMI and GWG with PMO and PPO

From: Associations of body mass index and gestational weight gain with term pregnancy outcomes in urban Cameroon: a retrospective cohort study in a tertiary hospital

Exposures and confounders

PMO

PPO

aOR (95 % CI)

aOR (95 % CI)

Body mass index

 Underweight (BMI < 18.5)

0.5 (0.2–1.6)

1.5 (0.5–4.3)

 Overweight (25 ≤ BMI ≤ 29.9)

0.8 (0.5–1.5)

1.1 (0.6–1.9)

 Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)

0.7 (0.4–1.3)

0.9 (0.5–1.9)

 Normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI ≤ 25)

1.0

1.0

Gestational weight gain

 <Recommended GWG

0.6 (0.4–1.1)

0.9 (0.6–1.8)

 >Recommended GWG

1.7 (1.1–2.8)

0.9 (0.6–1.6)

 Recommended GWG

1.0

1.0

 Age

1.3 (0.78–2.0)

1.2 (0.7–1.9)

 Smoking

0.5 (0.8–2.0)

1.1 (0.5–2.6)

 Malaria

1 (0.7–1.5)

0.9 (0.5–1.3)

 Sickle cell disease

3.7 (0.9–4.8)

1.0 (0.3–3.9)

 Uterine scar

4.9 (2.4–9.7)

1.7 (0.9–3.3)

 Parity

0.9 (0.6–1.3)

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

 HIV infection

0.3 (0.1–0.8)

0.6 (0.2–1.5)

  1. aOR adjusted odds ratio, Vs versus, GWG gestational weight gain, BMI body mass index, PPO poor perinatal outcome, PMO poor maternal outcome
  2. Women with GWG above IOM recommendations were at a higher risk (1.7 fold) of having PMO (caesarean section, obstetrical haemorrhage or preeclampsia) are highlighted in italic