Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of cohort
| Entire cohort | ≥12 months’ followup |
<12 months’ followup |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 277 | 192 | 85 |
| Maternal Characteristics | |||
| Age at delivery | 25.0 ± 5.7 | 25.4 ± 5.7 | 24.0 ± 5.5* |
| Employed (n [%] yes) | 39 (14%) | 31 (16%) | 8 (9%) |
| Education | |||
| ≤Elementary | 104 (38%) | 68 (35%) | 34 (40%) |
| ≤High school | 133 (48%) | 95 (49%) | 38 (45%) |
| ≤College | 42 (15%) | 29 (15%) | 13 (15%) |
| Marital status (% married) | 261 (94%) | 183 (95%) | 78 (92%) |
| Delivery type (% vaginal) | 183 (66%) | 121 (63%) | 62 (73%) |
| Parity | 1.2 ± 1.2 | 1.3 ± 1.2 | 1.1 ± 1.2 |
| Infant Characteristics | |||
| Sex (% male) | 125 (45%) | 90 (47%) | 35 (41%) |
| Birth weight (kg) | 3.2 ± 0.4 | 3.2 ± 0.4 | 3.2 ± 0.4 |
| Follow-up duration (months) | 17.2 ± 8.5 | 22.4 ± 3.5 | 5.4 ± 3.2* |
| Infant Feeding | |||
| Exclusive BF duration (days) | 78.1 ± 62.8 | 83.8 ± 63.6 | 65.0 ± 59.2* |
| Age at food introduction (days) | 143.7 ± 41.0 | 146.3 ± 38.5 | 134.1 ± 48.2 |
| Adiponectin | |||
| Maternal serum (µg/ml) | 8.37 ± 3.36 | 8.49 ± 3.43 | 8.09 ± 3.19 |
| Infant Serum (µg/ml) | 31.08 ± 5.49 | 30.69 ± 5.79 | 32.37 ± 4.25 |
| Milk adiponectin (ng/ml) | 21.57 ± 5.12 | 21.11 ± 5.13 | 22.63 ± 4.95* |
Unadjusted mean ± standard deviation (SD) or frequency (percent) presented.
*
p≤0.05 for difference by duration of follow-up, by Student’s t-test or χ2 test, as appropriate.