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. 2024 Jan 9;19(1):e0296244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296244

Table 1. Baseline characteristics in the entire cohort and the cohort unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Characteristic All Participants Participants Unaffected by COVID
(N = 81) (N = 60)
Intervention Control Intervention Control
(n = 53) (n = 28) (n = 38) (n = 22)
(Fit After Baby) (Text4Baby) (Fit After Baby) (Text4Baby)
Age, mean (SD) 30.8 (5.5) 31.6 (5.2) 30.2 (5.5) 31.7 (5.5)
Race:
 White, N (%) 42 (79%) 20 (71%) 31 (82%) 17 (77%)
 Black, N (%) 8 (15%) 4 (14%) 5 (13%) 4 (18%)
 Asian, N (%) 3 (6%) 4 (14%) 2 (5%) 1 (4%)
Hispanic/Latina, N (%) 12 (23%) 7 (25%) 9 (24%) 7 (32%)
Education level attained:
 Some or all of high school, N (%) 8 (15%) 3 (11%) 6 (16%) 2 (9%)
 Some college, N (%) 17 (32%) 10 (36%) 13 (34%) 9 (41%)
 College graduate, N (%) 28 (53%) 15 (54%) 19 (50%) 11 (50%)
Annual household income:
 <$35,000, N (%) 11 (22%) 4 (17%) 7 (20%) 4 (21%)
 $35,000–<$75,000, N (%) 11 (22%) 5 (21%) 9 (26%) 4 (21%)
 ≥$75,000, N (%) 28 (56%) 15 (63%) 19 (54%) 11 (58%)
Enrolled in WIC, N (%) 18 (38%) 7 (27%) 14 (41%) 7 (33%)
Has a partner, N (%) 43 (81%) 23 (82%) 31 (82%) 17 (77%)
Primiparous, N (%) 26 (50%) 14 (50%) 20 (53%) 10 (45%)
Pre-pregnancy weight (kg), mean (SD) 81.7 (15.3) 83.6 (17.6) 81.5 (16.8) 84.9 (17.0)
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 30.3 (6.0) 30.8 (5.2) 30.2 (6.3) 31.3 (5.3)
Gestational weight gain (kg), mean (SD) 15.3 (8.4) 12.2 (7.3) 15.4 (8.9) 12.4 (7.2)
Pregnancy condition:
 Gestational diabetes, N (%) 8 (15%) 9 (32%) 4 (11%) 6 (27%)
 Preeclampsia, N (%) 22 (42%) 6 (21%) 14 (37%) 5 (23%)
 Gestational hypertension, N (%) 25 (47%) 11 (39%) 20 (53%) 9 (41%)
 Pre-term delivery (32–37 weeks), N (%) 11 (21%) 3 (11%) 9 (24%) 3 (14%)
 Small-for-gestational age (<10%ile), N (%) 13 (25%) 7 (25%) 9 (24%) 6 (27%)
More than one pregnancy condition, N (%) 21 (40%) 7 (25%) 14 (37%) 6 (27%)
Cesarean delivery, N (%) 21 (40%) 11 (39%) 14 (37%) 9 (41%)
Weeks postpartum at baseline visit, median (range) 7.7 (2.7) 8.0 (2.4) 7.6 (2.7) 8.1 (2.6)
Baseline weight (kg), mean (SD) 87.5 (14.6) 87.5(15.6) 87.0 (16.0) 89.4 (14.4)
Baseline BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 32.3 (5.2) 32.4 (4.6) 32.3 (5.4) 33.1 (4.5)
Breastfeeding at baseline visit, n (%) 33 (62%) 24 (86%) 26 (71%) 18 (82%)
Depressive symptoms (EPDS ≥9) 11 (22%) 3 (11%) 7 (19%) 2 (9%)