TABLE 3.
Subject characteristics1
| Value | |
| Infant characteristics | |
| Age at study entry (wk) | 8.5 ± 0.52 |
| Sex [% girls (n/N)] | 53.3 (16/30) |
| Weight-for-length percentile at birth | 32.3 ± 6.1 |
| Weight-for-length percentile at study entry | 63.9 ± 4.9 |
| Parent characteristics | |
| Age (y) | 28.3 ± 1.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.9 ± 1.1 |
| Education level [% (n/N)] | |
| High school | 46.7 (14/30) |
| Some college or vocational degree | 20.0 (6/30) |
| Bachelors or graduate degree | 33.3 (10/30) |
| Family income level [% (n/N)]3 | |
| <$15,000/y | 27.6 (8/29) |
| $15,000 to <$35,000/y | 20.7 (6/29) |
| $35,000 to <$75,000/y | 34.5 (10/29) |
| ≥$75,000/y | 17.2 (5/29) |
| Race-ethnicity [% (n/N)] | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 23.3 (7/30) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 56.7 (17/30) |
| Asian | 3.3 (1/30) |
| Hispanic white | 16.7 (5/30) |
1
n = 30.
2
Mean ± SEM (all such values).
3
n = 29; one parent chose not to answer this question.