Journal Article

Investigation of optimal gestational weight gain based on the occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcomes for Chinese women: a prospective cohort study

Shi, Yingjie, Shen, Zhongzhou, Feng, Yahui, Wang, Yawen, Chen, Yunli, Zhang, Suhan, Sun, Yin, Zhan, Yongle, Wu, Sansan, Ma, Shuai, Liu, Juntao, Cai, Shuya, Ma, Liangkun, Jiang, Yu

2021

Overview

Objective To investigate recommendations for appropriate gestational weight gain (GWG) of Chinese females. Methods In total of 3,172 eligible women in the first trimester were recruited into the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study (CPWCS) project. Pregnancy complications and outcomes were collated using the hospital medical records system. The method of occurrence of participants with adverse pregnancy outcomes (Occurrence Method) was conducted to calculate the recommended total GWG for each participant’s pre-pregnancy BMI. Occurrence Method data were judged against the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Japanese recommended criteria in terms of the total occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women with appropriate weight gain. Results The most frequent GWG was ≥ 14 kg and < 16 kg (19.4%), followed by ≥ 10 kg and < 12 kg (15.5%) and ≥ 12 kg and < 14 kg (15.2%). The most frequently occurring adverse pregnancy outcomes were cesarean sections for underweight (30.0%), normal weight (40.4%), overweight (53.6%) and obese (53.7%) women. A large for gestational age (LGA) accounted for 18.0% of the overweight and 20.9% of the obesity group. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) occurred in 16.9% of overweight and 23.1% of obese women. The recommended total GWG in a Chinese women population is ≥ 8 and < 12 kg if underweight, ≥ 12 and < 14 kg for normal weight, ≥ 8.0 and < 10.0 kg if overweight, and < 8 kg for women with obesity. Conclusions Current Chinese recommendations provide the optimal ranges of GWG to minimize the occurrence of undesirable pregnancy outcomes for each group of pre-pregnancy BMIs in a Chinese population. Trial registration Registered with ClinicalTrials ( NCT03403543 ).

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,BMC
• Subject: Adult / Analysis / Anemia / Asian People - statistics & numerical data / Birth weight / Birth Weight - physiology / Body Mass Index / Body weight / Cesarean Section / China / Chinese pregnant women / Cohort analysis / Cohort study / Complications and side effects / Diabetes / Diabetes mellitus / Diabetes, Gestational - physiopathology / Endocrinology / Female / Gestational age / Gestational weight gain / Gestational Weight Gain - ethnology / Gestational Weight Gain - physiology / Glucose / Gynecology / Humans / Investigations / Medical records / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Obesity / Obesity, Maternal - ethnology / Obesity, Maternal - physiopathology / Obstetrics / Overweight / Overweight - physiopathology / Pre-pregnancy BMI / Pregnancy / Pregnancy complications / Pregnancy Complications - ethnology / Pregnancy Complications - physiopathology / Pregnancy Outcome / Pregnant women / Prospective Studies / Recommendations / Reproductive Medicine / Standard deviation / Thinness - physiopathology / Underweight / Womens health