Effects of pre-pregnancy body mass index on cardiometabolic biomarkers in pregnant emirati women

Table 1 Characteristics of 178 pregnant women enrolled in analysis by pre-pregnancy body mass index (pBMI)

Variable		Underweight n = 5	Normal weight n = 59	Overweight n = 52	Obese n = 62	Total n = 178	P value
Age (y) mean ± SD		27.4 ± 6.06	28.4 ± 4.23	28.6 ± 4.72	30.0 ± 5.69	29.9 ± 4.97	0.25^a
Preconception weight (kg) mean ± SD		44.5 ± 7.0	56.5 ± 6.38	67.9 ± 5.00	87.9 ± 13.65	70.3 ± 16.67	< 0.001^a
Pre-conception height (cm) mean ± SD		163 ± 7.03	158.8 ± 5.45	157.8 ± 4.51	157.5 ± 4.42	158.2 ± 4.93	0.21^a
Preconception BMI (kg/m2) mean ± SD		16.65 ± 1.17	22.35 ± 1.76	27.22 ± 1.31	33.37 ± 4.98	28.11 ± 6.58	< 0.001
Trimester n (%)	First Second Third	1 (20) 2 (40) 2 (40)	11 (18.6) 23 (39.0) 25 (42.3)	14 (36.9) 16 (30.7) 22 (42.3)	16 (25.8) 28 (45.1) 18 (29.0)	42 69 67	0.58^b
Consanguinity n (%)	1st Degree 2nd Degree None	0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)	21 (35.6) 7 (11.9) 31 (52.5)	14 (6.9) 13 (25.0) 25 (48.0)	21 (33.9) 14 (22.6) 27 (43.5)	56 34 88	0.20^b
Parity n (%)	Multi Primi	3 (60) 2 (40)	53 (89.8) 6 (10.2)	41 (78.9) 11 (21.1)	52 (83.9) 10 (16.1)	149 29	0.116^b
Mother education n (%)	Less than high school High school University	0 (0) 2 (50) 2 (40)	0 (0) 24 (40.7) 35 (42.5)	0 (0) 28 (38.4) 25 (48.1)	5 (8.0) 29 (37.3) 25 (40.3)	5 75 87	0.02^b
Smoking n (%)		0 (0)	14 (23.7)	10 (19.2)	12 (19.3)	31	0.65^b

Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2), overweight (BMI 25–29.9 kg/m2), and obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2); BMI (body mass index)
^aOne-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)
^bPearson’s chi-square or Fisher's exact test

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