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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study sample

From: DNA methylation of imprinted genes at birth is associated with child weight status at birth, 1 year, and 3 years

 

Newborn

1 year

3 years

Complete cases

Birth weight (grams), mean (SD)

3304.2 (540.3)

3279.8 (621.1)

Child BMI (kg), mean (SD)

 

16.4 (2.1)

16.4 (1.9)

Birth weight for gestational age z score, mean (SD)

− 0.09 (1.0)

− 0.01 (0.9)

BMI z score, mean (SD)

0.15 (1.3)

0.20 (1.5)

Weight-for-length z score, mean (SD)

0.83 (1.9)

0.78 (1.3)

Race, N (%)

 Black

213 (37)

109 (37.9)

117 (39.4)

66 (39.8)

 White

163 (28.3)

87 (30.2)

84 (28.3)

44 (26.5)

 Other

200 (34.7)

92 (31.9)

96 (32.3)

56 (33.7)

Maternal education, N (%)

 Less than HS

175 (32.1)

86 (30.1)

87 (29.9)

48 (29.1)

 Completed high school

211 (38.7)

104 (36.3)

112 (38.5)

61 (37.0)

 Completed college

159 (29.2)

96 (33.6)

92 (31.6)

56 (33.9)

 Missing

31

2

6

1

Maternal smoking, N (%)

 Yes

91 (17)

41 (14.5)

42 (14.7)

23 (14.2)

 No

445 (83)

242 (85.5)

243 (85.3)

139 (85.8)

 Missing

40

5

12

4

Maternal alcohol consumption, N (%)

 Yes

179 (50.9)

105 (54.4)

98 (51.0)

63 (57.3)

 No

173 (49.1)

88 (45.6)

94 (49.0)

64 (42.7)

 Missing

224

95

104

56

Maternal age, mean (SD)

27.8 (5.8)

28.0 (5.8)

28.1 (5.8)

27.9 (5.6)

Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, mean (SD)

27.6 (7.2)

27.1 (6.6)

27.4 (6.9)

27.2 (6.6)

Gestational age

38.7 (1.7)

38.5 (2.0)

38.6 (1.9)

38.7 (2.1)

Infant sex, N (%)

 Male

299 (52.1)

149 (51.7)

152 (51.2)

86 (51.8)

 Female

275 (47.9)

139 (48.3)

145 (48.8)

80 (48.2)