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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
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%