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Factors associated with the adequacy of gestational weight gain among Brazilian teenagers

2022; ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE SAÚDE COLETIVA; Volume: 27; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1413-81232022277.17812021en

1678-4561

Samira Fernandes Morais dos Santos, Ana Carolina Carioca da Costa, Roberta Gabriela Pimenta da Silva Araújo, Laís Araújo Tavares Silva, Silvana Granado Nogueira da Gama, Vânia Matos Fonseca,

Birth, Development, and Health

Abstract The scope of this article is to evaluate the adequacy of total gestational weight gain (GWG) according to maternal characteristics of Brazilian adolescents. It involved a cross-sectional, hospital-based study. A total of 3,904 teenagers with a single fetus gestation and gestational age (GA) at birth ≥ 37 weeks were included. A hierarchical model was built to analyze the dependent and independent variables adequacy of GWG: sociodemographic, care, obstetric and behavioral characteristics. The chances of insufficient GWG were higher for adolescents from the North (OR = 1.50, 95%CI: 1.07-2.10) and Northeast (OR = 1.68, 95%CI: 1.27-2.21). Paid work increased the chances of insufficient (95%CI: 1.15-2.39) and excessive (95%CI: 1.01-1.86) GWG. The pre-pregnancy body mass index of overweight or obese adolescents was associated with excessive GWG (OR = 1.86, 95%CI: 1.19-2.92 and OR = 3.06, 95%CI: 2.10-4.45, respectively), as well as GA ≥ 42 weeks (OR = 2.23, 95%CI: 1.03-4.81). Living in the North and Northeast regions increases the chances of adolescents having insufficient GWG. Having paid work was associated with a greater chance of excessive and insufficient GWG. Furthermore, pre-pregnancy excess weight or obesity and GA ≥ 42 weeks increased the chances of excessive GWG.