Maternal weight in the postpartum: results from the Delta healthy sprouts trial

Table 2 Delta Healthy Sprouts participant pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and postnatal characteristics by treatment arm

	PAT (N = 30)		PATE (N = 24)
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	P
Gestational diabetes	0	0.0	0	0.0	NA
Gestational hypertension	5	16.7	2	8.3	0.443
Gestational weight gain^a,b
Within IOM recommendations	9	30.0	2	8.3	0.087
Under IOM recommendations	5	16.7	5	20.8
Above IOM recommendations	16	53.3	17	70.8
Rate of gestational weight gain^b,c
Within IOM recommendations	5	16.7	3	12.5	0.720
Under IOM recommendations	6	20.0	4	16.7
Above IOM recommendations	19	63.3	17	70.8
Breastfeeding^d
> 1 month	2	6.7	2	8.3	1.000
< 1 month	7	23.3	10	41.7
Never	21	70.0	12	50.0
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P
Pre-pregnancy weight (kg)	76.4	22.10	80.0	24.78	0.566
Pre-pregnancy BMI	28.6	8.18	29.2	7.72	0.762
Gestational weight gain (kg)^a	15.3	9.80	14.3	7.19	0.663
Postnatal weight (kg) at PM 1	81.6	22.48	86.4	24.74	0.460
Postnatal BMI at PM 1	30.4	7.73	31.6	7.77	0.577

PAT Parents as Teachers control treatment; PATE, Parents as Teachers Enhanced experimental treatment, NA Not applicable because all participants fall into single category, IOM Institute of Medicine, BMI Body mass index, MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activity, PM Postnatal month
^aBased on self-reported pre-pregnancy weight
^bComparison = within vs. under and above
^cBased on measured weight between gestational months 4 and 9
^dComparison: > 1 month vs. < 1 month and never

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