Table 1.
Continuous and categorical information about CANDLE cohort participants used in the present analyses (N = 629 Total), recruited from Shelby County TN from 2006 to 2011.
| N (%) | Range (Min-Max) |
Median | Std. Dev |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal Age (Years) | 16–41 | 28 | 5.53 | |
| Maternal BMI (kg/m2) | 14–62 | 26 | 7.59 | |
| Maternal Cotinine (ng/mL) | 0–197.24 | 0.17 | 21.88 | |
| Gestational Age at Birth (Weeks) | 26.86–41.86 | 39.14 | 1.50 | |
| Gestational Age at PAH Collection | 133 (21.14%) | 15.29–28.71 | 22.86 | 3.04 |
| RNA Sequencing Batch | ||||
| 1 | 133 (21.14%) | |||
| 2 | 21 (3.34%) | |||
| 3 | 187 (29.73%) | |||
| 4 | 288 (45.79%) | |||
| Fetal Sex | ||||
| Female | 331 (52.62%) | |||
| Male | 298 (47.38%) | |||
| Labor Status | ||||
| Labor | 512 (81.40%) | |||
| No Labor | 117 (18.60%) | |||
| Delivery Method | ||||
| C Section | 247 (39.27%) | |||
| Vaginal | 382 (60.73%) | |||
| Preterm Birth (<37 Weeks)* | ||||
| Yes | 51 (8.1%) | |||
| No | 578 (91.9%) | |||
| Preterm Premature Membrane Rupture* | ||||
| Yes | 16 (2.5%) | |||
| No | 613 (97.5%) | |||
| Preeclampsia or Gestational Hypertension* | ||||
| Yes | 50 (8.6%) | |||
| No | 578 (92%) | |||
| Maternal Education | ||||
| Less Than High School | 43 (6.84%) | |||
| High School or GED | 272 (43.24%) | |||
| Graduated Technical School or College | 219 (34.82%) | |||
| Some Graduate work or Graduate Professional Degree | 95 (15.10%) | |||
| Maternal Race | ||||
| Black | 357 (56.76%) | |||
| White | 237 (37.68%) | |||
| Multiple Race | 26 (4.13%) | |||
| Asian | 6 (0.95%) | |||
| Other | 3 (0.48%) | |||
| Maternal Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 619 (98.41%) | |||
| Hispanic/Latino | 10 (1.59%) | |||
*
Data was generated from medical record abstraction and self-reported data (Paquette et al. 2022).