Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for child mediators and developmental outcomes

Child mediators	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	Range
HDL (mmol/L)	0.66 (0.22)	0.62 (0.50–0.78)	0.09–1.66
LDL (mmol/L)	0.80 (0.28)	076 (0.613–0.940)	0.02–3.21
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.53 (0.26)	0.46 (0.36–0.62)	0.18–2.64
Adiponectin (ng/ml)	31.68 (13.32)	29.8 (22.5–38.5)	2.6–98.1
Leptin (ng/ml)	10.53 (12.18)	7.11 (3.79–13.21)	0.15–430.87
Child outcomes	Mean (SD)		Range
Age at assessment (months)	59.6 (1.00)	60.0 (56.0–63.0)	56–61
Starting school variables
British Picture Vocabulary Scale (n = 3293)	100.75 (15.66)	100.0 (92.0–110.0)	39–161
Letter identification (n = 3259)	106.45 (12.60)	106.0 (97.0–117.0)	68–143
EYFS childhood outcomes (n = 10,600)
COM: communication and language	5.93 (1.77)	6.0 (5.5–6.0)	3–9
PSE: personal, social and emotional	5.91 (1.54)	6.0 (6.0–6.0)	3–9
PHY: physical development	4.02 (1.00)	4.0 (4.0–4.0)	2–6
LIT: literacy	3.57 (1.24)	4.0 (2.0–4.0)	2–6
MAT: mathematics	3.61 (1.16)	4.0 (2.0–4.0)	2–6

Sample sizes are dependent on the availability of predictors, outcomes, mediators, covariates and confounders

SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range