. 2011 Sep 28;51(6):665–675. doi: 10.1007/s00394-011-0245-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of pregnant women and mother–infant couples at delivery and at 3 months PP

	Maasai	Pare	Sengerema
Pregnant women
Maternal age, y	25 ± 8 (33)	26 ± 6 (92)	26 ± 6 (80)
Weight, kg trimester 1	50.7 ± 6.4 (3)	54.8 ± 16.5 (4)	54.9 ± 8.2 (7)
Weight, kg trimester 2	52.1 ± 4.4 (14)^a	56.8 ± 8.2 (47)^b	58.6 ± 7.0 (42)^b
Weight, kg trimester 3	52.9 ± 4.7 (16)^a	59.3 ± 8.9 (41)^b	61.5 ± 3.9 (31)^b
Height, m	1.60 ± 0.06 (33)	1.57 ± 0.10 (92)	1.59 ± 0.06 (80)
BMI, kg/m²	20.8 ± 1.4 (33)^a	23.6 ± 3.2 (92)^b	23.6 ± 2.7 (80)^b
Gravida, n	4 ± 3 (32)^b	3 ± 1 (92)^a	4 ± 2 (80)^b
Para, n	3 ± 3 (32)^b	1 ± 1 (92)^a	3 ± 2 (79)^b
Fish intake, times/week	0 ± 0 (33)^a	2 ± 1 (92)^b	4 ± 2 (70)^c
Delivery
Maternal age, y	23 ± 4 (8)	25 ± 7 (31)	24 ± 7 (34)
PP weight, kg	53.0 ± 5.0 (8)	57.3 ± 7.6 (23)	54.4 ± 10.2 (31)
Height, m	1.59 ± 0.06 (8)^a	1.54 ± 0.04 (27)^b	1.56 ± 0.06 (31)^a,b
BMI, kg/m²	20.9 ± 2.0 (8)^b	23.9 ± 2.0 (21)^a	22.4 ± 3.3 (31)^b
Gravida, n	3 ± 1 (8)	3 ± 2 (31)	3 ± 3 (34)
Para, n	2 ± 1 (8)	2 ± 2 (31)	2 ± 3 (34)
Gestational age at birth, week	40.0 ± 0 (1)	39.9 ± 1.5 (17)	38.9 ± 1.8 (28)
Fish intake, times/week	0 ± 0 (8)^a	3 ± 2 (17)^b	5 ± 2 (30)^c
Infant birth weight, g	3,050 ± 400 (8)	3,115 ± 535 (26)	2,947 ± 751 (34)
Gender, % male	38 (8)	45 (29)	58 (36)
3 months PP
Maternal age, y	24 ± 4 (9)	24 ± 4 (40)	24 ± 6 (61)
PP weight, kg	52.4 ± 3.0 (9)	52.2 ± 10.9 (40)	54.6 ± 9.8 (61)
Height, m	1.60 ± 0.03 (9)	1.55 ± 0.07 (40)	1.56 ± 0.06 (61)
BMI, kg/m²	20.5 ± 1.1 (9)	21.6 ± 4.0 (40)	22.1 ± 3.0 (61)
Para, n	3 ± 1 (9)	2 ± 1 (40)	3 ± 2(61)
Fish intake, times/week	0 ± 1 (8)^a	3 ± 2 (40)^b	4 ± 2 (61)^c
Infant age, week	16 ± 4 (9)	14 ± 3 (40)	13 ± 2 (61)
Gender, % male	67 (9)	47 (40)	55 (61)

Values are mean ± SD (n). Different superscripts indicate significant different means, p < 0.017; PP, postpartum