Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population
| Median (IQR) | |
| RTL | 5.45 (7.68) |
| SOD activity (U/mg)* | 6.35 (2.69) |
| GPX activity (U/mg)* | 115.41 (187.54) |
| Mean ± SD | |
| Maternal Irisin (ng/ml) | 18.81 (1.82) |
| Neonate weight (kg) | 3122.31 (380.04) |
| Neonate height (cm) | 48.66 (2.52) |
| Neonate head circumference (cm) | 34.18 (1.13) |
| Gestational age (week) | 38.91 (1.19) |
| Mother age at childbirth (year) | 29.96 (5.77) |
| Number (%) | |
| Mother Second-hand smoking in pregnancy (%) | |
| yes | 14 (17.07) |
| no | 68 (82.93) |
| Mother university education (%) | |
| yes | 28 (33.73) |
| no | 55 (66.27) |
| Neonate gender (%) | |
| Boy | 34 (45.95) |
| Girl | 40 (54) |
| Delivery type (%) | |
| Natural | 34 (45.95) |
| Cesarean | 40 (54.05) |
Data are presented as mean ± SD (Standard deviation), or an absolute number n (percentage)
IQR: interquartile range
RTL: relative telomere length
*Units of enzyme activity in 1 mg of the placental tissue protein extract