ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2022
Gestational weight gain rates in the first and second trimesters are associated with small for gestational age among underweight women: a prospective birth cohort study.
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- Trimester-specific gestational weight gain and adverse outcomes in GDM women: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Impact of early pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on birth outcomes: Findings from a pregnancy cohort in South Delhi, India.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- [Incidence of small for gestational age infants among singleton live births and analysis of risk factors].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2025Article
- A study on the correlation between pregnancy risk factors and birth outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Optimal Gestational Weight Gain and Fetal Growth in Urban Environments: The Role of Residential Greenness.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Association of Gestational Weight Trajectories With Neonatal Outcomes Among Pregnant Slum-Dwelling Women, India.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Observational
- Gestational Weight Gain as a Modifiable Risk Factor in Women with Extreme Pregestational BMI.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Effect modification of pre-pregnancy body mass index on association of gestational weight gain with birth weight.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Trimester-specific rate of gestational weight loss or gain and birth size: differences by prepregnancy BMI.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
- Maternal preconception BMI and gestational weight gain are associated with weight retention and maternal and child body fat at 6-7 years postpartum in the PRECONCEPT cohort.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Gestational weight gain in the REVAMP pregnancy cohort in Western India: Comparison with international and national references.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the well-studied effects of gestational weight gain (GWG) on offspring health, little is known about the association of trimester-specific GWG with offspring birth weight among underweight pregnant women. This study aimed to explore the association of trimester-specific GWG rate with small for gestational age (SGA) in underweight women.
methodsThe GWG rate of underweight pregnant women (pre-pregnancy body mass index [BMI] lower than 18.5 kg/m
resultsOf the 3839 participants, SGA births occurred in 397 (10.3%), and mean GWG was 14.9 kg (SD 3.9). A lower risk of SGA was observed among women with higher GWG rate (per 0.5 kg/week increase) during the first (adjusted OR [aOR] 0.74, 95%CI 0.57, 0.96) and second (adjusted OR [aOR] 0.40, 95%CI 0.30, 0.55) but not third trimester. Similar association between higher GWG rate during the second trimester and a decreased risk of SGA were observed among women with inadequate (< 12.5 kg) and adequate/excessive (≥12.5 kg) total GWG, respectively. Compared to women with adequate GWG rate, women with inadequate GWG rate during the second trimester had a significantly increased risk of SGA (aOR 1.58, 95% CI 1.14, 2.20).
conclusionsSecond-trimester GWG might be the key driver for the association between inadequate GWG and increased risk of SGA births in underweight women.
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