Table 2 Children’s weight status by GWG stratified by prepregnancy BMI categories
GWG categories | Children weight status (%) | P * | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thinness | Normal | Overweight | Obesity | ||
Overall | 12.9 | 69.8 | 10.5 | 6.8 | < 0.0001 |
 Inadequate | 14.4 | 71.6 | 8.8 | 5.1 |  |
 Adequate | 12.6 | 69.7 | 11.0 | 6.8 |  |
 Excessive | 10.6 | 66.7 | 12.7 | 9.9 |  |
Prepregnancy underweight | 19.0 | 69.3 | 7.4 | 4.3 | < 0.0001 |
 Inadequate | 21.0 | 68.5 | 7.2 | 3.4 |  |
 Adequate | 18.0 | 71.0 | 6.9 | 4.1 |  |
 Excessive | 16.6 | 68.5 | 8.6 | 6.3 |  |
Prepregnancy normal weight | 11.4 | 70.5 | 11.0 | 7.1 | < 0.0001 |
 Inadequate | 12.6 | 72.6 | 9.3 | 5.5 |  |
 Adequate | 11.3 | 69.9 | 11.8 | 6.9 |  |
 Excessive | 9.4 | 67.1 | 13.4 | 10.1 |  |
Prepregnancy overweight | 6.5 | 63.3 | 15.8 | 14.4 | < 0.0001 |
 Inadequate | 8.0 | 72.4 | 11.0 | 8.6 |  |
 Adequate | 6.5 | 62.4 | 16.7 | 14.3 |  |
 Excessive | 5.4 | 58.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 |  |