Table 2 Maternal, Societal, Behavioral and Obstetric Characteristics by Race Among Asian and Mixed-Race Infants, and Infants of Other or Unknown Race.

From: Social and anthropometric factors explaining racial/ethnical differences in birth weight in the United States

N

Maternal and paternal race

Indian

Chinese

Korean

Japanese

Vietnamese

Filipino

Mixed, other or unknown race

135,502

93,805

27,219

6,171

43,437

43,317

3,868,775

Maternal characteristics

 Age (yrs) [mean (SD)]

30 (4)

32 (5)

33 (4)

34 (4)

32 (5)

32 (5)

26 (6)

 BMI(kg/m2)[mean(SD)]

24 (4)

21 (3)

22 (3)

21 (3)

21 (3)

24 (4)

27 (7)

 Height(cm)[mean (SD)]

161 (6)

161 (6)

162 (5)

159 (6)

157 (6)

158 (6)

162 (7)

Number of previous deliveries

 0 (%)

50

49

48

49

42

39

37

 1 (%)

40

40

37

38

28

36

33

 2<= (%)

11

11

15

13

30

25

31

Socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics

 Smoking (%)

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.6

11.5

 Not married (%)

1.7

9.1

2.6

2.1

12

14

65

Maternal education

 College degree (%)

81

65

84

80

41

71

21

 College credit (%)

6

7

9

10

15

19

21

 High school (%)

13

28

7

9

44

11

58

 Medicaid user (%)

17

33

21

6

37

18

58

Month of initiation of prenatal care

 1–3 months (%)

81

80

81

84

77

82

65

 4–6 months (%)

15

16

14

12

20

15

26

 7–9 months (%)

3.7

3.7

4.5

3.1

2.9

2.8

6.8

 None (%)

0.8

0.4

0.6

0.2

0.9

0.6

2.8

Obstetric characteristics

 Birthweight (g) [mean]

3143

3250

3272

3093

3161

3129

3246

 Male infant (%)

52

52

52

51

52

52

51

 Preterm delivery (%)

8

6

5

6

9

11

12

 Gestational weight gain (kg) [mean]

12.9

13.7

13.2

11.2

13.1

13.3

13.3

  1. Analysis of Singleton Births in the United States, 2009–2012. BMI: body mass index.