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ArticleMaternal and child health journal2026

Evaluating the Impact of Gestational Weight Gain Based on an Increase in BMI Class in Patients with Obesity During Pregnancy.

Maranda V Sullivan, Jordan A Gillenwater, Amanda J Young, Celia Gray, Michael J Paglia, A Dhanya Mackeen

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Maranda V SullivanDepartment of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 17822, USA. marandavsullivan@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-1909
Jordan A GillenwaterDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
Amanda J YoungDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
Celia GrayPhenomic Analytics and Clinical Data Core, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
Michael J PagliaDepartment of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
A Dhanya MackeenDepartment of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.

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objectiveTo evaluate the impact of BMI class increase during pregnancy on perinatal outcomes.

methodsThis retrospective cohort study from 2009 to 2022 included singleton pregnancies with a pre-gravid BMI ≥ 30 kg/m

results16,835 pregnancies were included. The majority of patients were White/not Hispanic (80.3%) and multiparous (65.6%); co-morbidities increased as BMI increased. An increase from BMI class I to II led to more adverse outcomes than maintaining class I BMI (aOR 1.17, 95% CI 1.06, 1.28), and equivalent outcomes as those who had a pre-gravid class II BMI (adjusted 90% CI, -0.022, 0.019; p < 0.01). This increased odds of adverse outcomes doubled when the BMI increase from I to II occurred prior to 30 weeks gestation (aOR 1.34, 95% CI 1.21, 1.48). An increase from BMI class II to III led to higher odds of adverse outcomes than maintaining BMI class II (aOR 1.40, 95% CI 1.25, 1.58). The data does not provide sufficient evidence that the outcomes were equivalent to those with a pre-gravid BMI class III (adjusted 90% CI, -0.52, -0.017; p = 0.26). CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: For pregnant patients with obesity, recommendations for pregnancy management should be based on current BMI, rather than pre-gravid BMI.

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Body Mass IndexGestational Weight GainObesityPregnancy ComplicationsAdultCohort StudiesFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeRetrospective StudiesBMIManagementObesityOutcomesPregnancy

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