Table 1 The characteristics of study participants of 10,482 women by HBW.

From: Maternal Habitual Midday Napping Duration and Frequency are Associated with High Birthweight

 

Normal birthweight

High birthweight

  

n = 9,868

n = 614

χ2/F

P

Maternal age(year)(mean ± SD)

28.20 ± 3.66

28.49 ± 3.65

1.104

0.316*

Education (%)

 More than high school

1,361(94.3%)

83(5.7%)

  

 High school

1,847(94.7%)

104(5.3%)

1.392

0.499+

 Less than high school

6,655(94.0%)

427(6.0%)

  

 Missing

5 (100.0%)

   

Household income (Yuan/per year) (%)

 <50000 ($7350)

4,096(94.2%)

252(5.8%)

  

 50000–($7350–)

3,895(94.3%)

236(5.7%)

0.800

0.670+

 ≥100000($14700)

1,714(93.7%)

115(6.3%)

  

 Missing

163(93.7%)

11(6.3%)

  

Employment during pregnancy (%)

 Employed

4,630(93.8%)

305(6.2%)

1.706

0.191+

 Unemployed

5,229(94.4%)

309(5.6%)

  

 Missing

9(100.0%)

   

BMI before pregnancy (kg/m2) (%)

 <18.5

2,298(97.0%)

72(3.0%)

  

 18.5–

6,584(94.2%)

409(5.8%)

124.967

<0.0001+

 24–28

847(89.3%)

101(10.7%)

  

 ≥28

139(91.3%)

32(18.7%)

  

Passive smoking (%)

 Yes

8,650(94.0%)

550(6.0%)

1.984

0.159+

 No

1,218(95.0)

64(5.0%)

  

Parity (%)

 0

8,426(94.1%)

529(5.9%)

0.275

0.600+

 ≥1

1,442(94.4%)

85(5.6%)

  

Infant sex (%)

 Boy

5,117(92.6%)

406(7.4%)

47.215

<0.0001+

 Girl

4,751(95.8%)

208(4.2%)

  

Gestational age (week)(%)

 <37

350(100.0%)

0(0%)

  

 37–

9,500(93.9%)

613(6.1%)

38.316

<0.0001#

≥42

18(94.7%)

1(5.3%)

  

Physical activity (%)

 Never

1,065(95.1%)

55(4.9%)

  

 Not everyday

1,742(93.2%)

128(6.8%)

5.317

0.070+

 Everyday

6,995(94.3%)

426(5.7%)

  

 Missing

66(93.0%)

5(7.0%)

  

GDM (%)

 Yes

770 (89.1%)

94 (10.9%)

43.064

<0.0001+

 No

9,098(94.6%)

520(5.4%)

  

Night sleep duration (hours) (%)

 <7

93(96.9%)

3(3.1%)

  

 7–

536(93.7%)

36(6.3%)

1.497

0.473+

 ≥8

9,192(94.1%)

572(5.9%)

  

 Missing

47(94.0%)

3(6.0%)

  
  1. Note Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus.
  2. Data are mean ± SD or n (%).
  3. *student t-test for normally distributed data;
  4. +χ2 test for categorical data;
  5. #Fisher’s exact test for categorical data.