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. 2012 Jan 17;7(1):e30413. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030413

Table 1. Maternal and child characteristics (N = 2,624).

Mean/Percentage SD Interquartile range
Maternal Lower Upper
Age (y) 31.8 4.7 25.8 37.8
Dutch ethnicity (% yes) 75.2
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) 22.9 3.8 18.9 26.9
Obesity (BMI ≥30) (% yes) 5.1
Education after primary school (y) 9.7 3.6 4.7 14.7
Primiparous (% yes) 56.1
Hypertension:
Pre-existing hypertension (%yes) 3.2
Pregnancy hypertension (%yes) 8.8
Smoking:
Non-smoking (% yes) 90.7
1–5 cigarettes/day (% yes) 6.4
> = 6 cigarettes/day (% yes) 2.9
Alcohol (% yes) 26.5
Maternal - Stress
Depressive symptoms 12 8 2 22
State anxiety 37 10 24 50
Pregnancy-related anxiety (total score) 21 5 16 26
Parenting daily hassles (multiparous, 43.9%) 36 7 26 46
Job strain:
No job (%yes) 25.0
Low job strain (%yes) 19
Moderate job strain (%yes) 42
High job strain (%yes) 14.0
Cumulative stress score:
No stress (%yes) 52
1 Stressor (%yes) 31.9
2 Stressors (%yes) 13
3–4 Stressors (%yes) 3.1
Child – At birth
Sex (% boys) 50.3
Gestational age (weeks) 39.8 1.7 37.9 41.7
Premature (<37 weeks) (% yes) 5.0
Birthweight (g) 3478 547 2808 4148
Size at birth:
Small for gestational age (% yes) 9.7
Appropriate for gestational age (% yes) 79.8
Large for gestational age (% yes) 10.5
Child – At age 5 measurement
Age (y) 5.7 0.5 5.0 6.5
BMI (kg/m2) 15.5 1.5 13.9 17.2