Table 1 Study population characteristics.

From: Maternal early mid-pregnancy adiponectin in relation to infant birth weight and the likelihood of being born large-for-gestational-age

 

n

1349

Women

Age, years (mean, min‒max)

31.0 (18‒48)

Country of birth within EU, n (%)

1235 (91.5)

BMI at first antenatal visit, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

28.5 ± 6.0

Nulliparous, n (%)

552 (40.9)

Smoking at first antenatal visit, n (%) a

89 (6.8)

Asthma, n (%)

132 (9.8)

Inflammatory bowel disease, n (%)

10 (0.7)

Hypertension, n (%)

9 (0.7)

Hypothyroidism, n (%)

37 (2.7)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

2 (0.1)

Epilepsy, n (%)

13 (1.0)

Rheumatic disease, n (%)

2 (0.1)

Renal disease, n (%)

5 (0.4)

Gestational diabetes, n (%)

24 (1.8)

Gestational hypertension, n (%)

56 (4.2)

Preeclampsia, n (%)

27 (2.0)

Infants

Female, n (%)

650 (48.2)

Birth weight, g (mean ± SD)

3684 ± 494

LGA, n (%)

168 (12.5)

SGA, n (%)

51 (3.8)

Gestational age at birth, days (mean ± SD)

279 ± 8

  1. BMI body mass index, LGA large-for-gestational-age (birthweight standard deviation score (BWSDS) above the 90th percentile), SGA small-for-gestational-age (BWSDS below the 10th percentile).
  2. aData missing in 47 individuals.
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