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Table 3 Delivery and neonatal outcomes

From: Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by overweight and obesity

 

Normal weight

Overweight

Obese

*p-value

N = 65

N = 66

N = 127

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Mode of delivery

0.304

 Vaginal

25 (39.5)

21 (31.8)

35 (27.6)

 Cesarean

40 (61.5)

45 (68.2)

92 (72.4)

Gestational age (weeks)

0.494

 <37

3 (4.6)

5 (7.6)

12 (9.4)

 ≥37

62 (95.4)

61 (92.4)

115 (90.6)

New Ballard (weeks)±

0.115

 <37

3 (5.8)

6 (10.9)

19 (17.1)

 ≥37

49 (94.2)

49 (89.1)

92 (82.9)

Birth weight (g)

0.304

 <2500

4 (6.2)

2 (3,0)

2 (1.6)

 2500 − 4000

57 (87.7)

61 (92.4)

113 (89.0)

 ≥4000

4 (6.2)

3 (4.6)

12 (9.4)

Weight class

0.021

 SGA

8 (12.3)

10 (15,2)

6 (4.7) a,b

 AGA

54 (83.1)

53 (80.3)

104 (81.9)

 LGA

3 (4.6)

3 (4.6)

17 (13.4)

Ponderal index (PI)

0.037

 <2.98 (proportional)

50 (76.9)

46 (69,7)

75 (59.1)

 ≥2.98 (disproportionate)

15 (23.1)

20 (30.3)

52 (40.9) a,b

 

Mean ± sd

Mean ± sd

Mean ± sd

#p-value

Weight (g)

3210.2 ± 469.2

3208.9 ± 430.4

3365.9 ± 483.4

0.199

Length (cm)

48.6 ± 2.2

48.4 ± 2,0

48.6 ± 2.1

0.759

Head Circumf (cm)

34.4 ± 1.5

34.4 ± 1,3

34.8 ± 1.5

0.094

Thoracic Circumf (cm)

32.9 ± 1.9

32.8 ± 1,7

33.6 ± 2.0 a,b

0.006

Abdom Circumf (cm)

31.1 ± 2.3

30.7 ± 1,8

31.6 ± 2.3 a,b

0.032

1-min Apgar

8.3 ± 1.4

8.2 ± 1,8

7.8 ± 1.5

0.076

5-min Apgar

9.3 ± 0.8

9.3 ± 0.9

9.1 ± 0.8

0.143

10-min Apgar

9.7 ± 0.5

9.6 ± 0.6

9.5 ± 0.6

0.071

Ponderal index

2.8 ± 0.3

2.8 ± 0.3

2.9 ± 0.3 a,b

0.005

Placental weight (g)

560.1 ± 138,9

574,6 ± 119,8

635,6 ± 156,6 a,b

0.001

Placental index

0.2 ± 0.0

0.2 ± 0.0

0.2 ± 0.0 a,b

0.037

  1. ± N = 217 [41 newborns with incomplete data]
  2. * Chi-square test
  3. # ANOVA; Tukey test
  4. a statistically different from the control group p < 0.05)
  5. b statistically different from the overweight group (p < 0.05)