Table 1.
Demographic and anthropometric characteristics
| Pregnant | Non-pregnant | p-valuea | |
| N | 32 | 69 | |
| Age (years) | 30.4 (2.9) | 28.6 (4.4) | 0.013 |
| Height (m) | 1.67 (0.06) | 1.67 (0.07) | 0.750 |
| Weight (kg) | 76.1 (14.1) | 76.7 (19.2) | 0.809 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.4 (5.0) | 27.4 (6.5) | 0.987 |
| Fat mass (kg) | 26.4 (11.0) | 29.2 (14.7) | 0.281 |
| Fat-Free mass (kg) | 49.7 (4.7) | 47.5 (6.1) | 0.067 |
| Body fat (%) | 33.6 (6.8) | 36.0 (9.3) | 0.190 |
| TEE (kJ/day) | 11185 (1176) | 11068 (1582) | 0.706 |
| REE (kJ/day) | 6685 (749) | 6229 (825) | 0.007 |
Statistics are means (standard deviations). ap-value for t-test comparing differences between pregnant and non-pregnant women. Measurements in the pregnant women were at gestational weeks 28-32.