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. 2011 Sep 23;10:95. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-95

Table 1.

Subject characteristics (in percentage or as mean ± SD)

Total group (n = 120) Subgroup (n = 63)
Not overweight
N = 100
Overweight
N = 20
P Not overweight
N = 52
Overweight
N = 11
P
Infant age, months 8.5 ± 2.9 9.4 ± 2.6 0.18 8.3 ± 2.9 9.6 ± 2.3 0.21
Infant weight, kg 8.4 ± 1.5 9.0 ± 1.3 0.10 8.2 ± 1.4 9.2 ± 0.9 0.03
Gender, % boys 50 70 0.10 50 73 0.17
High socio-economic status, % 31 35 0.73 33 36 0.81
Breastfed at time of intake assessment, % 21 25 0.69 21 27 0.66
Maternal overweight, % - - 39 46 0.67
BMI mother, kg/m2 - - 25.4 ± 5.1 25.6 ± 2.6 0.94
Physical activity, h/week - - 14.4 ± 5.3 12.1 ± 5.8 0.20
Duration of breastfeeding, weeks - - 35 ± 36 25 ± 24 0.32