Back to Search Start Over

Predictors of Gestational Weight Gain among White and Latina Women and Associations with Birth Weight

Authors :
Milagros C. Rosal
Monica L. Wang
Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Jamie S. Bodenlos
Sybil L. Crawford
Katherine Leung
Heather Z. Sankey
Source :
Journal of Pregnancy, Vol 2016 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Wiley, 2016.

Abstract

This study examined racial/ethnic differences in gestational weight gain (GWG) predictors and association of first-trimester GWG to overall GWG among 271 White women and 300 Latina women. Rates of within-guideline GWG were higher among Latinas than among Whites (28.7% versus 24.4%, p

Subjects

Subjects :
Gynecology and obstetrics
RG1-991

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20902727 and 20902735
Volume :
2016
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Pregnancy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fb6ff3ee7dbd48bb9372bd2e6b711d1a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/8984928