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Table 4 Proportion of gestational weight gain of the women based on early pregnancy BMI in Harari Regional state, 2014 (n = 411)

From: Gestational weight gain and its associated factors in Harari Regional State: Institution based cross-sectional study, Eastern Ethiopia

Early Pregnancy BMI

Inadequate GWG

Adequate GWG

Excess GWG

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Under weight

35 (89.7)

3 (7.7)

1 (2.6)

Normal

222 (75)

71 (24)

3 (1)

Overweight

23 (38.3)

31 (51.7)

6 (10)

Obese

5 (3.25)

10 (62.5)

1 (6.25)

Total

285 (69.3)

115 (28)

11 (2.7)