TABLE G-40DBivariate Association between Rate of Gestational Weight Gain and Race/Ethnicity Among Singleton Births, New York City, 1995–2003, n = 913,461

Maternal race/ethnicityRate of Gestational Weight Gaina
Lower Tertile
N = 339,592
N (percent)		Middle Tertile
N = 291,098
N (percent)		Upper Tertile
N = 282,771
N (percent)
Non-Hispanic white91,741 (32.8)101,031 (36.1)86,706 (31.0)
Non-Hispanic black93,127 (39.2)67,288 (28.3)77,119 (32.5)
Hispanic110,550 (37.8)86,361 (29.5)95,548 (32.7)
Asian42,713 (42.5)35,156 (35.0)22,573 (22.5)
Other1,461 (41.2)1,262 (35.6)825 (23.3)
a

Rate of gestational weight gain equivalent for 40 weeks gestation: lower tertile = −13.6–12 kg gain; middle tertile = 12.1–16.4 kg gain; upper tertile = 16.5–47.6 kg gain.

From: G, Consultant Reports

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Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines.
Institute of Medicine (US) and National Research Council (US) Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines; Rasmussen KM, Yaktine AL, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2009.
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