Integration of nutrition support using the FIGO nutrition checklist in the Bukhali trial: a dietitian’s perspective

Figures & data

Table 1: Characteristics of non-pregnant participants of the HeLTI pilot trial with available data on age and BMI, collected between June 2018 and July 2019

Pre-conception participants at baseline, N = 1 647	% (n)	N
Current age:		1 647
18–19 years	27.7 (456)
20–22 years	42.9 (707)
23–25 years	29.4 (484)
BMI categories:		1 647
Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m^2)	8.3 (136)
Normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m^2)	47.4 (781)
Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m^2)	23.3 (384)
Obese (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m^2)	21.0 (346)
Waist circumference risk:		1 645
Waist to height ratio ≥ 0.5	39.9 (656)
Blood pressure:^1		1 645
High blood pressure risk (≥ 130/80 mmHg)	24.0 (394)
Diabetes risk by HbA1C:
Normal (HbA1c < 6) Diabetes (HbA1c ≥ 6.5)	95.8 (1208) 4.2 (53)	1 261
Anaemia categories:^2
Anaemia (any severity) (Hb < 12.5)	30.3 (493)	1 626
Severe anaemia (Hb < 8.5)	2.3 (38)
Education:
Completed high school	59.1 (964)	1 632
Total years of education (median, IQR)	12.0 (12, 13)	1 635
Employment status
Ever been employed	37.2 (608)	1 636
If yes, currently employed	23.8 (144)	608
Food security
Household runs out of money to buy food	45.4 (742)	1 634
Has cut size of meals/skipped meals because there is not enough money for food	36.5 (596)
Has gone to bed hungry because there is not enough money to buy food	20.1 (329)
No food insecurity (no to all 3 above questions)	46.2 (755)

¹ Using left arm, resting blood pressure measurements in triplicate, and the 2017 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation and management of high blood pressure in adults.

² Using WHO altitude-adjusted cut-offs for non-pregnant women: ⁠WHO. Haemoglobin concentrations for the diagnosis of anaemia and assessment of severity. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011.