Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain Differ by Pre-pregnancy Weight

Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) varies by race/ethnicity and modifies the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and adverse pregnancy outcomes, which disproportionately affect racial/ethnic minorities. Yet studies investigating whether racial/ethnic disparities in GWG vary by pre-pre...

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Published in:Maternal and child health journal 2015-08, Vol.19 (8), p.1672-1686
Main Authors: Headen, Irene, Mujahid, Mahasin S., Cohen, Alison K., Rehkopf, David H., Abrams, Barbara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Births
Black or African American
Black people
Black People - statistics & numerical data
Black women
Body Mass Index
California - epidemiology
Cultural differences
Ethnicity
Female
Gestational age
Gynecology
Health aspects
Health Status Disparities
Hispanic American women
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data
Human subjects
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Health
Mothers
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Overweight
Pediatrics
Population Economics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy complications
Pregnancy Outcome - ethnology
Public Health
Race
Risk factors
Sample size
Self report
Socioeconomic factors
Sociology
Variables
Weight control
Weight gain
Weight Gain - ethnology
White people
White People - statistics & numerical data
Womens health
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Summary:Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) varies by race/ethnicity and modifies the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and adverse pregnancy outcomes, which disproportionately affect racial/ethnic minorities. Yet studies investigating whether racial/ethnic disparities in GWG vary by pre-pregnancy BMI are inconsistent, and none studied nationally representative populations. Using categorical measures of GWG adequacy based on Institute of Medicine recommendations, we investigated whether associations between race/ethnicity and GWG adequacy were modified by pre-pregnancy BMI [underweight (
ISSN:1092-7875
1573-6628
1573-6628
DOI:10.1007/s10995-015-1682-5