Table 1.
Behavioral, Psychosocial, Reproductive, and Demographic Characteristics of Reproductive-Aged Women by Baseline Body Mass Index (n=689)
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Normal BMI at baseline (n=435) |
Overweight at baseline (n=254) |
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| n | % | n | % | p value for difference | |
| Demographics | |||||
| Age (mean), years | 32.8 | 33.4 | 0.37 | ||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| Nonwhite race/ethnicity | 32 | 7.4 | 15 | 5.9 | 0.45 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 400 | 92.0 | 239 | 94.1 | |
| Education | |||||
| ≤High school | 308 | 70.8 | 189 | 74.4 | 0.31 |
| >High school | 127 | 29.2 | 65 | 25.6 | |
| Poverty status | |||||
| In poverty/near poverty | 85 | 19.5 | 55 | 21.7 | 0.26 |
| Not in poverty | 295 | 67.8 | 177 | 69.7 | |
| Unknown | 55 | 12.6 | 22 | 8.7 | |
| Health behaviors | |||||
| Fruit Consumption | |||||
| <1 serving daily | 269 | 61.8 | 146 | 57.5 | 0.26 |
| ≥1 serving daily | 166 | 38.2 | 108 | 42.5 | |
| Vegetable consumption | |||||
| <1 serving daily | 243 | 55.9 | 146 | 57.5 | 0.68 |
| ≥1 serving daily | 192 | 44.1 | 108 | 42.5 | |
| Physical activity level | |||||
| <30 minutes most days | 313 | 72.0 | 203 | 80.0 | 0.02 |
| ≥30 minutes most days | 122 | 28.0 | 51 | 20.1 | |
| Cigarette Smoking | |||||
| Current smoker | 78 | 17.9 | 51 | 20.1 | 0.49 |
| Not current smoker | 357 | 82.1 | 203 | 79.9 | |
| Psychosocial factors | |||||
| Psychosocial Hassles Scale | |||||
| High stress | 173 | 39.8 | 132 | 52.0 | <0.01 |
| Low stress | 262 | 60.2 | 122 | 48.0 | |
| Depressive symptoms | |||||
| High | 58 | 13.3 | 48 | 18.9 | 0.05 |
| Low | 376 | 86.4 | 206 | 81.1 | |
| Interim live birth | 40 | 9.2 | 25 | 9.8 | 0.79 |