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

• Main Authors: Milagros C. Rosal (Author), Monica L. Wang (Author), Tiffany A. Moore Simas (Author), Jamie S. Bodenlos (Author), Sybil L. Crawford (Author), Katherine Leung (Author), Heather Z. Sankey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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<0.016). Adju...