Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants: pregnant women between 12 and 29 weeks’ gestation, Edinburgh, UK
| Obese (n 31) | Lean (n 32) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or n | Range or % | Mean or n | Range or % | P value | |
| Age (years) | 33·6 | 21·0–44·5 | 33·1 | 21·1–42·3 | 0·672† |
| BMI at booking (kg/m2) | 43·3 | 38·6–50·2 | 22·8 | 19·9–25·4 | 0·001† |
| Parity (%) | |||||
| Primiparous | 18 | 58·1 | 19 | 59·4 | 0·853‡ |
| Multiparous | 13 | 41·9 | 13 | 40·6 | |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||||
| Caucasian | 31 | 100·0 | 32 | 100·0 | |
| DEPCAT status (%) | |||||
| Low | 5 | 16·1 | 1 | 9·5 | 0·001‡ |
| Middle | 25 | 80·6 | 19 | 69·8 | |
| High | 1 | 3·3 | 12 | 20·7 | |
| Gestation questionnaire completed (weeks) | 26·7 | 12·8–28·7 | 27·3 | 12·0–29·6 | 0·789† |
DEPCAT, deprivation category (‘low’ indicates living in the most deprived areas)( 23 ).
†Tested using the independent t test.
‡Tested using the χ 2 test.