Table 1.
Characteristics of the mother-child pairs in the Programming Research in Obesity, Growth, Environment and Social Stressors study
| No. (%) or mean ± SD | |
|---|---|
| Number of participants (n) | 517 |
| Child sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 267 (52) |
| Female | 250 (48) |
| Maternal age at study enrollment (years) | 28.1 ± 5.6 |
| Maternal education, n (%) | |
| Less than high school | 214 (41) |
| High school | 188 (36) |
| More than high school | 115 (22) |
| Maternal socioeconomic status, n (%) | |
| Low | 274 (53) |
| Medium | 188 (36) |
| High | 55 (11) |
| Child age at assessment (years) | 9.65 ± 0.7 |
| Season of 8–11-year study visit, n (%) | |
| Cold-dry, November–February | 112 (23) |
| Warm-dry, March–April | 47 (10) |
| Rainy, May–October | 329 (67) |
| Child anxiety and depressive symptoms | |
| Anxiety symptom T-score | 51.0 ± 7.6 |
| Depressive symptoms T-score | 53.4 ± 9.0 |
| Clinically elevated anxiety symptoms, n (%) | 64 (12) |
| Clinically elevated depressive symptoms, n (%) | 51 (10) |
SD indicates standard deviation.