University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
Gestational Weight Gain, Body Mass Index, and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in a Predominantly Puerto Rican Population
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Vulnerable Populations
Publication Date
2016-09-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications | Maternal and Child Health | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Women's Health
Abstract
Objectives: To prospectively evaluate the association between gestational weight gain (GWG), prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy using the revised Institute of Medicine (IOM) Guidelines.
Methods: We examined these associations among 1359 participants in Proyecto Buena Salud, a prospective cohort study conducted from 2006 to 2011 among women from the Caribbean Islands. Information on prepregnancy BMI, GWG, and incident diagnoses of hypertension in pregnancy were based on medical record abstraction.
Results: Four percent (n = 54) of women were diagnosed with hypertension in pregnancy, including 2.6 % (n = 36) with preeclampsia. As compared to women who gained within IOM GWG guidelines (22.8 %), those who gained above guidelines (52.5 %) had an odds ratio of 3.82 for hypertensive disorders (95 % CI 1.46-10.00; ptrend = 0.003) and an odds ratio of 2.94 for preeclampsia (95 % CI 1.00-8.71, ptrend = 0.03) after adjusting for important risk factors. Each one standard deviation (0.45 lbs/week) increase in rate of GWG was associated with a 1.74 odds of total hypertensive disorders (95 % CI 1.34-2.27) and 1.86 odds of preeclampsia (95 % CI 1.37-2.52).
Conclusions for Practice: Findings from this prospective study suggest that excessive GWG is associated with hypertension in pregnancy and could be a potentially modifiable risk factor in this high-risk ethnic group.
Keywords
Body mass index, Gestational hypertension, Gestational weight gain, Latina, Preeclampsia
DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s10995-016-1983-3
Source
Matern Child Health J. 2016 Sep;20(9):1804-13. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-1983-3. Link to article on publisher's site
Related Resources
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Maternal and child health journal
PubMed ID
27003150
Repository Citation
Chasan-Taber, Lisa; Silveira, Marushka; Waring, Molly E.; Pekow, Penelope; Braun, Barry; Manson, JoAnn E.; Solomon, Caren G.; and Markenson, Glenn, "Gestational Weight Gain, Body Mass Index, and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in a Predominantly Puerto Rican Population" (2016). University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. 1146.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1146