Research Article
Maternal Prepregnancy Weight and Pregnancy Outcomes in Saudi Women: Subgroup Analysis from Riyadh Mother and Baby Cohort Study (RAHMA)
Table 1
Maternal characteristics of the studied population.
| | Characteristics | Underweight
( kg/m2)
(2.2%) | Normal
( kg/m2)
(29.7%) | Overweight
(-29.9 kg/m2)
(33.3%) | Obese
( kg/m2)
(34.8%) | value |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | | <20 | 6 (3.8) | 73 (3.5) | 55 (2.4) | 33 (1.3) | <0.01 | | 20-29 | 122 (77.7) | 1,272 (60.9) | 1,159 (49.6) | 903 (36.9) | | 30-34 | 22 (14.0) | 459 (22.0) | 625 (26.7) | 746 (30.5) | | >35 | 7 (4.5) | 283 (13.6) | 499 (21.3) | 765 (31.3) | | Education | | | | | | | Illiterate | 3 (2.5) | 34 (2.2) | 50 (3.1) | 57 (3.6) | <0.01 | | School (1-12 years) | 76 (63.9) | 801 (52.7) | 844 (52.3) | 959 (59.8) | | University/above | 40 (33.6) | 684 (45.0) | 719 (44.6) | 589 (36.7) | | Work | | | | | | | Housewife | 137 (90.1) | 1,681 (83.4) | 1,845 (82.8) | 1,986 (86.0) | <0.01 | | Employee | 12 (7.9) | 305 (15.1) | 366 (16.4) | 305 (13.2) | | Students | 3 (2.0) | 29 (1.4) | 17 (0.8) | 17 (0.7) | | Married to first cousin | 38 (24.1) | 512 (24.5) | 600 (25.7) | 610 (24.9) | 0.84 | | Passive exposure to tobacco smoke | 24 (20.2) | 419 (24.8) | 461 (24.3) | 550 (26.8) | 0.15 | | Preexisting hypertension | 0 (0.0) | 11 (0.5) | 23 (1.0) | 56 (2.3) | <0.01 | | Preexisting diabetes | 0 (0.0) | 38 (2.6) | 57 (3.6) | 102 (5.7) | <0.01 | | Parity | | | | | | | Primiparous | 73 (46.5) | 702 (33.6) | 507 (21.7) | 343 (14.0) | <0.01 | | Multiparous [1–4] | 66 (42.0) | 1,036 (49.6) | 1,181 (50.5) | 1,091 (44.6) | | Grand multiparous (≥5 deliveries) | 18 (11.5) | 349 (16.7) | 649 (27.8) | 1,011 (41.3) |
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BMI: body mass index. Data expressed as (%) or the . |
