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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the term pregnant women in the different BMI subgroups. *

From: Epidemiology of underweight and overweight-obesity among term pregnant Sudanese women

Variables

Underweight

(N= 94)

Normal weight

(N= 665)

Overweight

(N= 603)

Obese

(N= 328)

P

Age, years

24.7(5.8)

26.1(6.4)

27.9(6.0)

30.3 (16.0)

< 0.001

Parity

1(0-9)

1(0-13)

2.0(0-12)

2.0(0-12)

0.002

Primigravidae

37(39.4)

291(43.8)

209(34.6)

91(27.7)

< 0.001

Gestational age, weeks

38.3(1.9)

37.9 (2.5)

38.2(2.3)

38.1(1.8)

0.1

Women's education ≥ secondary level

41(43.7)

309(46.5)

363 (60.2)

213 (65.0)

< 0.001

Job, housewife

87(92.5)

588(88.4)

488(80.9)

282(85.9)

0.1

  1. • Data were shown as mean (SD) or number (%) for all variables (as applicable) except for parity where it was shown as median (range).