. 2013 Apr 23;19(9):618–627. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gat029

Table I.

Demographic characteristics of the study population.

	Combined SCOPE			Adelaide SCOPE			Auckland SCOPE			ADE versus AUK
	Uncomplicated	SGA	P	Uncomplicated	SGA	P	Uncomplicated	SGA	P	Uncomplicated	SGA
	n = 1185	n = 216	P	n = 427	n = 109	P	n = 758	n = 107	P	P	P
Maternal characteristics
Age (years)^a	28.2 (5.6)	28.5 (6.2)	0.5	23.6 (5.0)	24.3 (5.3)	0.1	30.8 (4.1)	32.7 (3.8)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
BMI (kg/m²)^a	24.9 (4.5)	26.1 (5.5)	0.003	26.0 (5.6)	27.5 (6.2)	0.01	24.3 (3.7)	24.7 (4.3)	0.3	<0.001	<0.001
sBP (mmHg)^a	106.2 (9.9)	109.5 (11.1)	<0.001	107.9 (8.9)	111.6 (11.2)	0.002	105.3 (10.3)	107.5 (10.8)	0.05	<0.001	0.006
dBP (mmHg)^a	63.3 (7.6)	66.0 (8.9)	<0.001	63.5 (7.5)	66.0 (8.9)	0.007	63.2 (7.7)	66.1 (8.9)	0.002	0.5	1.0
Socioeconomic index (%)
≥34	735 (62.0)	104 (48.1)	<0.001	80 (18.7)	9 (8.3)	0.009	655 (86.4)	95 (88.8)	0.7	<0.001	<0.001
<34	450 (38.0)	112 (51.9)	<0.001	347 (81.3)	100 (91.7)	0.009	103 (13.6)	12 (11.2)		<0.001	<0.001
PPGLV (%)
≥1 serve/day	615 (51.9)	92 (42.6)	0.012	120 (28.1)	25 (22.9)	0.3	495 (65.3)	67 (62.6)	0.6	<0.001	<0.001
<1 serve/day	570 (48.1)	124 (57.4)	0.012	307 (71.9)	84 (77.1)	0.3	263 (34.7)	40 (37.4)	0.6	<0.001	<0.001
Smoking (%)^a
Non-smokers	1074 (90.6)	166 (76.9)	<0.001	337 (78.9)	61 (56.0)	<0.001	737 (97.2)	105 (98.1)	1.0	<0.001	<0.001
Smokers	111 (9.4)	50 (23.1)	<0.001	90 (21.1)	48 (44.0)	<0.001	21 (2.8)	2 (1.9)	1.0	<0.001	<0.001
Gestational age at birth (weeks)^b	39.9 (1.9)	39.7 (2.1)	0.4	39.5 (1.9)	39.4 (2.3)	0.6	40.0 (1.8)	40.1 (1.7)	0.9	<0.001	0.02
Maternal birthweight (g)^c	3335 (530)	3167 (527)	<0.001	3287 (549)	3136 (544)	0.01	3361 (517)	3197 (511)	0.003	0.02	0.4
Paternal characteristics
Age (years)	30.7 (6.3)	31.1 (6.7)	0.5	26.4 (6.1)	27.6 (6.3)	0.054	33.2 (4.9)	34.6 (5.0)	0.005	<0.001	<0.001
Height (cm)^d	179.6 (6.7)	177.6 (6.9)	<0.001	178.5 (6.7)	176.3 (7.2)	0.002	180.3 (6.7)	179.0 (6.4)	0.06	<0.001	0.005
BMI (kg/m²)^d	26.6 (4.0)	27.2 (4.6)	0.07	26.9 (5.0)	27.3 (5.0)	0.4	26.4 (3.3)	27.1 (4.1)	0.1	0.07	0.7
Paternal birthweight (g)^e	3488 (571)	3314 (521)	<0.001	3462 (593)	3347 (558)	0.09	3502 (559)	3283 (485)	<0.001	0.2	0.4
Newborn characteristics
Gestational age at birth (days)	280.7 (8.1)	271.6 (24.5)	<0.001	280.6 (8.0)	271.9 (23.2)	<0.001	280.7 (8.1)	271.4 (25.9)	<0.001	0.8	0.9
Body length^f (cm)	51.0 (2.2)	47.1 (4.5)	<0.001	50.0 (1.8)	46.2 (3.9)	<0.001	51.5 (2.2)	48.0 (4.8)	<0.001	<0.001	0.003
Head circumference^f (mm)	35.2 (1.3)	32.9 (2.5)	<0.001	34.9 (1.3)	32.8 (2.3)	<0.001	35.3 (1.4)	32.9 (2.8)	<0.001	0.001	0.7
Mid-arm circumference^f (mm)	11.0 (0.9)	9.4 (1.1)	<0.001	11.0 (0.9)	9.2 (1.2)	<0.001	11.1 (0.9)	9.5 (1.0)	<0.001	0.2	0.2
Birthweight^f (g)	3591 (394)	2587 (560)	<0.001	3575 (390)	2554 (536)	<0.001	3600 (396)	2621 (583)	<0.001	0.3	0.4
Customized birthweight centile	53.7 (25.0)	4.6 (2.9)	<0.001	53.9 (24.9)	4.0 (2.8)	<0.001	53.6 (25.1)	5.1 (2.9)	<0.001	0.9	0.004
Sex of babies (%)
Males	601 (50.7)	107 (49.5)	0.8	210 (49.2)	49 (45.0)	0.4	391 (51.6)	58 (54.2)	0.7	0.4	0.2
Females	584 (49.3)	109 (50.5)	0.8	217 (50.8)	60 (55.0)		367 (48.4)	49 (45.8)	0.7	0.4	0.2

Data are presented as the mean (SD) or n (%). sBP, systolic blood pressure; the second measurement; dBP, diastolic blood pressure; the second measurement; PPGLV, pre-pregnancy green leafy vegetable intake; 15 weeks, 15 weeks' gestation; ADE, Adelaide; AUK, Auckland. Italic values indicate significant difference.

^aMeasurements were taken at 15 weeks' gestation.

^bNumbers for women's gestational age at birth were 1166, 208, 419, 105, 747 and 103, for each group, respectively.

^cNumbers for women's birthweight were 1153, 208, 411, 104, 742 and 104, for each group, respectively.

^dNumbers for partner's height or BMI were 1157, 210, 422, 108, 735 and 102 for each group, respectively.

^eNumbers for partner's birthweight were 1107, 197, 385, 94, 722 and 103 for each group, respectively.

^fAdjusted for gestational age at birth.