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. 2023 May 23;14:1165583. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1165583

TABLE 2.

General characteristics of women at 6–8 weeks after delivery and obstetrical data during this pregnancy; N = 1,516.

Characteristic variable Percentage and incidence rate (%,n/N) Range Mean ± SD
Delivery age (years)
 ≤25 17.2 (261/1,516) 19–49 28.8 ± 3.9
 26 ≤ 30 56.8 (861/1,516)
 31 ≤ 35 18.5 (280/1,516)
 36 ≤ 40 6.8 (103/1,516)
 >40 0.7 (11/1,516)
BMI (kg/m2)
 ≤18.4 2.4 (37/1,516) 16.0–37.5 23.5 ± 3.1
 18.5 ≤ 24.9 69.3 (1,051/1,516)
 25 ≤ 29.9 24.5 (372/1,516)
 >30 3.7 (56/1,516)
Gravidity (time)
 1 56.7 (860/1,516) 1–8 1.7 ± 1.0
 2 24.2 (367/1,516)
 3 12.5 (190/1,516)
 ≥4 6.5 (99/1,516)
Parity (time)
 1 73.5 (1,115/1,516) 1–4 1.3 ± 0.5
 2 25.7 (390/1,516)
 3 0.7 (10/1,516)
 ≥4 0.0 (1/1,516)
Delivery mode
 Vaginal delivery 58.2 (883/1,516)
 Cesarean section(633/1,516) 41.8
Fetal birth weight (kg)
 <2.5 4.0 (60/1,516) 1.2–5.1 3.3 ± 0.5
 2.5–4.0 88.4 (1,340/1,516)
 ≥4.0 7.7 (116/1,516)

Note: SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index. Data are presented as a percentage of the total number (%, n/N), range, and mean ± standard deviation (mean ± SD).