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Table 2 Socioeconomic status and offspring characteristics at follow-up

From: Cognitive function in metformin exposed children, born to mothers with PCOS – follow-up of an RCT

 

Metformin (n = 52)

Placebo (n = 41)

p-value

SES at follow-up

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Education mothera

3.0 (0.8)

3.0 (0.9)

.910

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

 10 years primary school

1 (2)

0

 

 high school

13 (28)

13 (37)

 

 less than 4 years of higher education

19 (40)

9 (26)

 

 4 or more years of higher education

14 (30)

13 (37)

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Education fatherb

2.7 (0.8)

2.6 (0.8)

.673

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

 10 years primary school

0

2 (6)

 

 high school

26 (54)

15 (43)

 

 3 years of higher education

10 (21)

12 (34)

 

 5 or more years of higher education

12 (25)

6 (17)

 

Parents’ relation:

n (%)

n (%)

.614

 Married

27 (64)

22 (69)

 

 Cohabitant

11 (26)

6 (19)

 

 Divorced/separated

4 (10)

3 (9)

 

 Other

0

1 (3)

 

Offspring characteristics at follow-up

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

 Age (years)

7.7 (2.7)

7.7 (2.6)

.958

 Weight (kg)

34.3 (18.3)

30.8 (11.1)

.324

 Weight z-score

0.60 (1.2)

0.31 (1.2)

.280

 Height (cm)

131.7 (17.4)

130.2 (14.1)

.672

 Height z-score

0.17 (0.9)

0.02 (1.1)

.491

 BMI

18.7 (4.4)

17.6 (2.9)

.235

 Head circumference (cm)

53.1 (2.2)

53.0 (1.9)

.804

 Head circumference z-score

0.49 (1.5)

0.37 (1.3)

.696

 Tanner stagec

1.5 (1.2)

1.4 (0.8)

.471

  1. SES socioeconomic status
  2. a maternal education measured on a scale 1–4 (1:10 y primary school, 2: high school, 3: less than 4 years of higher education, 4: 4 or more years of higher education) b paternal education measured on a scale 1–4 (1: 10 y primary school, 2: high school, 3: 3 years of higher education, 4: 5 or more years of higher education) c: scale 1–5, 1 = prepubertal, 5 = adult size genitals and breast, adult pubic hair growth