Table 2.

Characteristics of the mothers of the three supplement groups at enrolment, ITT data set (n = 144)

	Supplement group
	Vit/Min (n = 49)	FOS (n = 47)	DHA-FOS (n = 48)	p
Age, years	30.0±4.62	31.3±4.71	30.9±4.63	0.348
Weight before pregnancy, kg	64.4±11.73	63.6±9.23	62.5±12.25	0.699
Height, cm	168.1±6.74	169.3±5.62	167.7±6.81	0.430
Pre-pregnancy BMI	23.0±5.16	22.2±2.82	22.2±4.29	0.555
Parity ≥1, %	28 (57.1)	24 (51.1)	22 (45.8)	0.537
Married, %	26 (53.1)	27 (57.4)	27 (56.3)	0.904
German, %	46 (93.9)	41 (87.2)	45 (93.8)	0.408
Employed, %	35 (85.4)	30 (78.9)	31 (77.5)	0.634
13 years of schooling, %	28 (57.1)	32 (68.1)	32 (66.7)	0.476

All applicable values are given as mean ± SD.

No significant difference between groups (one-way ANOVA).