PMID: 16536926Mar 16, 2006Paper

Determinants of postpartum weight retention according to skin color among women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista Panamericana De Salud Pública = Pan American Journal of Public Health
Ivyna Spinola Caetano Jordão, Gilberto Kac

Abstract

To investigate factors associated with postpartum weight retention according to skin color in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of the effort to help control overweight and obesity. We carried out a cohort study with data collection at four points after delivery: 15 days, 2 months, 6 months, and 9 months. The 450 participants (15 to 45 years of age) were recruited from a maternity center and a city health center in Rio de Janeiro. Postpartum weight retention was defined as the dependent variable. The following covariates were investigated: maternal age, marital status, ability to read a letter, smoking, monthly family income, number of children, age at first delivery, a score for physical activity at work, and a score for physical activity during leisure time. The data were analyzed using multivariate linear mixed-effects models for longitudinal data. The factors that remained associated with postpartum weight retention for white women were time after delivery (beta = -0.0061, P = 0.0002), marital status (married/single beta = -0.9279, P = 0.0457), and age at first delivery (beta = -0.1553, P = 0.0364). The factors for brown women were time after delivery (beta = -0.0062, P < 0.0001), marital status (married/single be...Continue Reading

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