Table 1 Parental and newborn characteristics of the NEST subcohort 2005-2006
From: Newborns of obese parents have altered DNA methylation patterns at imprinted genes
Mothers | Fathers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obese | Not obese | Obese | Not obese | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Age | ||||||||
<30 years | 16 | 57.1 | 32 | 54.2 | 9 | 56.2 | 35 | 55.6 |
⩾30 years | 12 | 42.9 | 27 | 45.8 | 7 | 43.8 | 28 | 44.4 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Living with partner | 16 | 57.1 | 52 | 88.1 | 13 | 81.2 | 49 | 77.8 |
Single | 12 | 42.9 | 7 | 11.9 | 3 | 18.8 | 14 | 22.2 |
Race | ||||||||
Caucasian | 8 | 28.6 | 43 | 72.9 | 9 | 56.2 | 44 | 69.8 |
African American | 20 | 71.4 | 13 | 22.0 | 7 | 43.8 | 16 | 25.4 |
Other or not specified | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.8 |
Education | ||||||||
Low (no college degree) | 19 | 67.9 | 29 | 49.2 | 8 | 50.0 | 34 | 54.0 |
High (at least college degree) | 9 | 32.1 | 30 | 50.8 | 8 | 50.0 | 29 | 46.0 |
Gestation time | ||||||||
Preterm (<37 weeks) | 2 | 7.1 | 8 | 13.6 | 2 | 12.5 | 6 | 9.5 |
Normal (⩾37 weeks) | 26 | 92.9 | 51 | 86.4 | 14 | 87.5 | 57 | 90.5 |
Smoking | ||||||||
Mother never smoked | 17 | 65.4 | 25 | 43.9 | 10 | 62.5 | 27 | 45.0 |
Quit smoking when pregnant | 6 | 23.1 | 14 | 24.5 | 3 | 18.8 | 19 | 31.7 |
Smoked during pregnancy | 3 | 11.5 | 18 | 31.6 | 3 | 18.8 | 14 | 23.3 |
Baby gender | ||||||||
Male | 13 | 46.4 | 31 | 53.4 | 9 | 60.0 | 31 | 49.2 |
Female | 15 | 53.6 | 27 | 46.6 | 6 | 40.0 | 32 | 50.8 |
Birth weight | ||||||||
<2.5 kg | 5 | 17.9 | 10 | 17.2 | 3 | 20.0 | 10 | 15.9 |
⩾2.5 kg | 23 | 82.1 | 48 | 82.8 | 12 | 80.0 | 53 | 84.1 |
