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How To... - Read A Data Table - Prevalence Tables
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Use the PNSS Table 13C, Maternal Weight Gain and Birth Outcomes by
Select Health Indicators to examine maternal health indicators that are
associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
This table can be used to answer questions such as:
The following paragraphs provide general information about the table data that will help you with interpretation.
Title
For PNSS, the table title includes a group of health indicators but only
selected health indicators are included in the group.
Review the
PNSS table titles.
Risk Factors
In this table, the pregnancy outcomes of maternal weight gain, low and
high birthweight, preterm and full term low birthweight are stratified by
the following risk factors:
Prepregnancy BMI
A woman’s prepregnancy BMI is associated with the weight she gains
during pregnancy. Prepregnancy underweight is associated with low
birthweight. The following weight gain recommendations have been
established by the Institute of Medicine based on a woman’s prepregnancy
BMI:
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Weight Gain
Weight gain during pregnancy is associated with pregnancy outcome.
Smoking Risk
Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have less than ideal
weight gain than women who do not smoke. Their infants are at risk for the following conditions:
Stratification of Data Within the Table
Maternal Weight Gain and Birth Outcomes are stratified by Prepregnancy
BMI, Weight Gain, and Smoking During Pregnancy. Data must
be valid for both health indicators (Prepregnancy BMI and
Birthweight) to be included in the analysis.
We're going to look at sections of the PNSS Table 13C, Birth Outcome and Risk Factor Analysis. You can click on the View Sample Table link below each portion to review the entire table. The sample table is numbered to match the portions shown below.
Underweight women have the highest prevalence of the
following indicators:
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Review the definition of Prepregnancy BMI and its prevalence calculation.
Women who smoke during pregnancy have a higher
prevalence of the following indicators:
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Review the definition of
Smoking and
its prevalence calculation.
Review the definition of Birthweight and its prevalence calculation.
Review the definition of Preterm and its prevalence calculation.
Review the definition of Full Term Low Birthweight and its prevalence
calculation.