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Table 5 Comparison of participants’ mean rates of GWG by BMI category against MoH recommendation

From: Are women in Uganda gaining adequate gestational weight? A prospective study in low income urban Kampala

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

Mean GWG (kg/week)

Test valuea

MD (kg/week)

P value (95% CI)

Underweight (<  18.5)

0.32

0.51

−0.19

< 0.001 (−0.22, −0.15)

Normal weight (18.5–24.9)

0.30

0.42

−0.12

< 0.001 (− 0.13, − 0.11)

Overweight (25.0–29.9)

0.28

0.28

0.00

0.869 (− 0.04, 0.05)

Obese (≥ 30.0)

None

0.22

None

None

  1. aTest value is the rate of gestational weigh gain recommended by the IOM for BMI category, GWG Gestational weight gain, MD mean difference between the participants’ mean and that recommended by the Uganda MoH, CI confidence interval
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