Table 2.
Demographic-socio-econimic characteristics of infants and caregivers.
| Overall N = 104 1 |
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|---|---|---|
| Child characteristics | ||
| Child sex | female | 43 (41%) |
| male | 61 (59%) | |
| Gestational age at delivery | (weeks) | 39 (39, 40) |
| Not specified | 1 | |
| Delivery mode | Caesarean | 23 (22%) |
| Natural | 81 (78%) | |
| Weight Percentile at birth* | 57 (35, 72) | |
| Height Percentile at birth* | 60 (47, 74) | |
| Head Circumference Percentile at birth* | 83 (54, 83) | |
| Maternal characteristics | ||
| Mother’s age at delivery | (years) | 34 (31, 37) |
| Mother Citizenship | Italian | 98 (94%) |
| Not Italian | 6 (5.8%) | |
| Mother’s Educational level | Up to Middle School | 1 (1.0%) |
| High School | 29 (28%) | |
| Bachelor or more | 74 (71%) | |
| Mother’s Working status** | High class | 35 (34%) |
| Middle class | 19 (18%) | |
| Not working | 13 (12%) | |
| Working class | 37 (36%) | |
| Mother’s BMI before pregnancy | <18.5 | 4 (3.9%) |
| 18.5-<25 | 77 (75%) | |
| 25-<30 | 16 (16%) | |
| >=30 | 6 (5.8%) | |
| Not specified | 1 | |
| Smoking during pregnancy | No | 98 (95%) |
| Yes | 5 (4.9%) | |
| Not specified | 1 | |
| Alcohol consumption during pregnancy | No | 80 (77%) |
| Yes | 24 (23%) | |
| Paternal characteristics | ||
| Father’s age | (years) | 37 (34, 41) |
| Father Citizenship | Italian | 100 (96%) |
| Not Italian | 4 (3.8%) | |
| Father’s Educational level | Up to Middle School | 4 (4.2%) |
| High School | 49 (51%) | |
| Bachelor or more | 43 (45%) | |
| Not specified | 8 | |
| Father’s Working status** | High class | 25 (27%) |
| Middle class | 11 (12%) | |
| Not working | 1 (1.1%) | |
| Working class | 56 (60%) | |
| Not specified | 11 | |