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Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2012 Feb;16(2):439–447. doi: 10.1007/s10995-011-0746-4

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of 60 mother-infant pairs in the First Steps for Mommy and Me study

Baseline characteristics	Study sample (N = 60)
Mother	% or Mean (SD)
Maternal age, years	32.7 (4.6)
Household income < $70 K	26%
Education, college graduate or more	92%
Maternal race/ethnicity, White	71%
Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index, kg/m²	23.1 (4.6)
Gestational weight gain (lbs)	33.8 (8.3)
Primaparous	63%
Initiated breastfeeding	98%

Infant	% or Mean (SD)

Female	50%
Birth weight, kg	3.50 (0.45)
Daytime sleep duration, h/day	7.7 (1.7)
TV in room where infant sleeps	32%