AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001
Mean
Median
SD
Range
Mother´s age (in years)
29.1
30
5.1
17 – 43
Mother´s weight (in kg)
64.4
63
10.3
43 – 106
Maternal height (in cm)
165.3
165
5.8
148 – 184
Body mass index BMI (in kg /
m2)*
23.3
22.9
1.2
16.6 – 39.6
Weight gain during pregnancy
15.0
15.0
4.9
-2 – 32
Parity (number of previous
pregnancies)
1.3
1
1.1
0 – 8
Obstetric Optimality Score (out
of 73)
62.2
63
3.9
49 – 72
*: For skewed distribution of body mass index, geometric mean and spread factor are given in the table instead
of arithmetic mean and standard deviation
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