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Table 1 Baseline characteristics among the total sample and by intervention group of the original ROLO study

From: Fetal metabolic influences of neonatal anthropometry and adiposity

 

Total

Intervention

Control

P-value

(n = 185)

(n = 89)

(n = 96)

 

Mean (SDa)

 

Maternal age (years)

32.6 (4.2)

33.0 (3.8)

32.4 (4.3)

0.415

Maternal early pregnancy BMIa (kg/m2)

26.9 (4.7)

27.4 (4.9)

26.6 (4.5)

0.267

Total gestational age (days)

282.9 (7.2)

284.1 (7.0)

281.7 (7.3)

0.022

Neonatal birthweight (kg)

4.08 (0.48)

4.11 (0.51)

4.05 (0.45)

0.414

 

Median (IQRa)

 

Cord C-peptide (ng/ml)

567.13 (4106.2)

619.66 (4106.2)

562.67 (3044)

0.0.991

Cord leptin (ng/ml)

27.40 (28.6)

29.8 (30.68)

26.66 (28.60)

0.0.978

 

N (%)

 

Mother smoked in pregnancy

5 (2.7)

3 (3.4)

2 (2.2)

0.596

Mother achieved third level education education

100 (54.1)

42 (47.2)

57 (59.4)

0.104

Male baby

85 (45.9)

44 (49.4)

41 (42.7)

0.322

  1. aBMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation. P-values calculated by the independent samples t-test for normally distributed continuous variables, Mann–Whitney U test for non-normal continuous variables (cord C-peptide and leptin) and the chi-squared test for categorical variables