Research Article
Obesity Cut-Off Points Using Prepregnancy Body Mass Index according to Cardiometabolic Conditions in Pregnancy
Table 1
Maternal and pregnancy characteristics (
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| | Variables | Cut-off points | Frequency, (%) or median (IR) |
| | Maternal age (years) | — | 25 (21; 31) |
| | Caucasian () | — | 117 (53.9) |
| | Parity () | — | 2 (1; 3) |
| | Prepregnancy BMI () | <25 kg/m2 | 90 (42.1%) | | 25.0-29.9 kg/m2 | 64 (29.9%) | | ≥30 kg/m2 | 60 (28.0%) |
| | Maternal adequate weight gain () | Underweight/normal | 43 (68%) | | Overweight | 17 (39%) | | Obese | 21 (63%) |
| | GDM | — | 24 (11.0%) |
| | Preeclampsia | — | 15 (6.9%) |
| | Gestational hypertension | — | 24 (11.0%) |
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BMI: body mass index; GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus; IR: interquartile range. Totals may not add up to 218 because of missing values. |
