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Table 2 Demographical feature and status of 509 pregnant women in pre-pregnancy time at 2021–2022

From: Pattern of weight gain in pregnant women in slum areas of Hamadan using multilevel ordinal regression

Quantitative features

Under weight (Mean ± SD)

Normal weight (Mean ± SD)

Over weight (Mean ± SD)

Obese (Mean ± SD)

Test Statistic

p-value

maternal age (year)

25.09 ± 5.55

27.48 ± 6.02

29.67 ± 5.57

29.19 ± 6.35

7.093

< 0.001*

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

17.19 ± 0.943

22.54 ± 1.73

27.35 ± 1.50

32.61 ± 2.46

876.180

< 0.001*

Height (cm)

162.42 ± 4.38

160.41 ± 6.06

160.97 ± 6.30

160.59 ± 6.19

0.779

0.506

Qualitative features

Count (%)

p-value

Under weight (n = 19)

Normal weight (n = 202)

Over weight (n = 192)

Obese (n = 96)

Total

Level of education

< diploma

12(63.2)

109(54.0)

92(47.9)

53(55.2)

266(52.3)

0.102

diploma

3(15.8)

62(30.7)

57(29.7)

34(35.4)

156(30.6)

> diploma

4(21.1)

31(15.3)

43(22.4)

9(9.4)

87(17.1)

Season of conception

Spring

7(36.8)

92(45.5)

96(50.0)

49(51.0)

244(47.9)

0.797

Summer

10(52.6)

79(39.1)

69(35.9)

33(34.4)

191(37.5)

Autumn and winter

2(10.5)

31(15.3)

27(14.1)

14(14.6)

74(14.5)

Maternal-Employment Status

Housekeeper

15(78.9)

157(77.7)

163(84.9)

80(83.3)

415(81.5)

0.298

Non House keeper

4(21.1)

45(22.3)

29(15.1)

16(16.7)

94(18.5)

Husband Employment Status

Self-employed

11(57.9)

124(61.4)

116(60.4)

64(66.7)

315(61.9)

0.160

Unemployed

4(21.1)

21(10.4)

8(4.2)

6(6.3)

39(7.7)

Worker

3(15.8)

43(21.3)

51(26.6)

19(19.8)

116(22.8)

Employee

1(5.3)

14(6.9)

17(8.9)

7(7.3)

39(7.7)

Number of previous live child

Zero

10(52.6)

93(46.0)

62(32.3)

27(28.1)

192(37.7)

0.002*

One

8(42.1)

85(42.1)

84(43.8)

44(45.8)

221(43.4)

Two or more

1(5.3)

24(11.9)

46(24.0)

25(26.0)

96(18.9)

History of abortion

Yes

0(0.00)

13(6.4)

16(8.3)

5(5.2)

34(6.7)

0.465

No

19(100)

189(93.6)

176(91.7)

91(94.8)

475(93.3)

Planned pregnancy

Yes

5(26.3)

85(42.1)

109(56.8)

57(59.4)

256(50.3)

0.001*

No

14(73.7)

117(57.9)

83(43.2)

39(40.6)

253(49.7)

Health insurance status

Yes

16(84.2)

182(90.1)

169(88.0)

87(90.6)

454(89.2)

0.768

No

3(15.8)

20(9.9)

23(12.0)

9(9.4)

55(10.8)

Underlying disease

Yes

3(15.8)

43(21.3)

41(21.4)

24(25.0)

111(21.8)

0.793

No

16(84.2)

159(78.7)

151(78.6)

72(75.0)

398(78.2)

  1. * significant test in level 0.05