Table 1.
General characteristics of pregnant women participants (n = 660).
| Mean (SD) or frequency (%) | |
|---|---|
| <Age (years)a | 26.4 (5.02) |
| Sociodemographic | |
| Schooling (years)a | 12.9(3.00) |
| Socioeconomic Status | |
| Low | 212 (32.1) |
| Medium | 221 (33.5) |
| High | 227 (34.4) |
| Occupation | |
| Housewife | 234 (35.6) |
| Informal-student | 90 (13.7) |
| Formal | 334 (50.7) |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 92 (13.9) |
| Married - unmarried union | 566 (86.1) |
| Nutritional status | |
| Pregestational BMI categories | |
| Normal | 347 (58) |
| Overweight | 187 (31) |
| Obesity | 68 (11) |
| BMI 2nd trimester | |
| Normal | 278 (43.1) |
| Overweight | 261 (40.5) |
| Obesity | 106 (16.4) |
| BMI 3rd trimester | |
| Normal | 39 (17.1) |
| Overweight | 111 (48.7) |
| Obesity | 78 (34.2) |
| Gestational weight gain (Kg) | 10.3 (4.06) |
| Hemoglobin Levels (g/dL) 2nd trimesterb | 12.3 (1.2) |
| Hemoglobin Levels (g/dL) 3rd trimesterb | 11.9 (0.9) |
a
Means and standard deviations for continuous variables and frequencies.
b
Hemoglobin levels are only available in 396 participants.