Table 1 Anthropometrical and clinical characteristics of the study population
From: Gestational weight gain and fetal growth in underweight women
Pre-gestation women, n. | 793 |
Age, years | 33.0 ± 4.7 |
Height, cm | 165.1 ± 5.9 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 22.4 ± 4.1 |
Smoking | 29 (3.6) |
Educational level: | |
Junior high school | 98 (12.3) |
High school | 413 (52.0) |
University degree | 276 (34.8) |
Working status: | |
Working | 607 (76.5) |
Housewife | 101 (14.0) |
Student | 14 (1.7) |
Unemployed | 49 (6.1) |
Parity: | |
Nulliparous | 446 (56.2) |
2 | 255 (32.1) |
> 2 | 75 (9.4) |
Cesarean section: | 214 (26.9) |
Elective | 111 (13.9) |
Vacuum extractor | 25 (3.1) |
Fetal Growth: | |
Weight, g | 3402.5 ± 411.5 |
Length, cm | 50.1 ± 1.7 |
Head Circumference, cm | 34.3 ± 3.2 |
LGA (>4000 g) | 51 (6.4) |
NICU admission | 3 (0.3) |