Introduction:

different manifestations of body composition in pregnant women can be indicative of abdominal adiposity. These indicators are part of the metabolically- obese normal-weight phenotype, and are important factors that must be taken into account for the screening and early detection of risks or metabolic alterations in normal- weight pregnant women.

Objective:

to identify the presence of phenotypes in healthy normal-weight pregnant women through adiposity variables.

Methods:

an analytical, longitudinal, prospective study was conducted on 326 healthy normal-weight pregnant women (BMI 18.5-24.9), who came to the nutrition consultation of these health areas: "Chiqui Gómez Lubián" University Polyclinic, "XX Aniversario” University Polyclinic and "Capitán Roberto Fleites" University Polyclinic, all belonging to Santa Clara municipality. The study was conducted from October 2016 to October 2017 and the selected sample was 201 pregnant women. Anthropometric variables and their possible grouping according to affinity were studied.

Results:

the sum variable of the tricipital and subscapular skinfolds reached its highest values, in relation to the rest of the adiposity variables that participated in the formation of the conglomerates.

Conclusions:

the possible metabolic alterations in healthy pregnant women can be foreseen through the determination of groupings according to the affinity of their adiposity variables. This can significantly influence the trophic condition of newborns.