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. 2013 Nov 7;16(5):527–535. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntt173

Table 1.

Participant Baseline Characteristics

Overall Overweight/obese (N = 161) Normal/underweight (N = 209) p value
Demographics
 Age (years) 24.6 (5.2) 25.1 (5.2) 24.2 (5.3) .13
 % Caucasian 95 97 94 .16
 Education .89
  % > 12 years of education 30 30 30
  % = 12 years of education 47 48 46
  % < 12 years of education 23 22 24
 Weeks pregnant at baseline 10.3 (4.6) 10.5 (5.4) 10.1 (4.0) .46
 % First pregnancy 61 59 63 .44
 % Married 26 27 25 .59
 % With private insurance 31 32 30 .68
 % Working outside of home 57 57 56 .89
Smoking characteristics
 Age first started smoking 15.2 (3.1) 15.2 (3.3) 15.3 (2.9) .93
 Cigarettes per day prepregnancy 16.6 (9.5) 17.1 (10.0) 16.2 (9.1) .37
 % Living with another smoker 75 75 74 .83
% With no smoking allowed in home 55 52 58 .27
% With none or few friends or family who smoke 29 25 32 .15
% Attempted to quit prepregnancy 70 70 71 .72
 Number of quit attempts during pregnancy 1.0 (1.9) 0.9 (1.5) 1.1 (2.2) .20
 Nicotine withdrawal questionnaire total score 1.5 (0.8) 1.5 (0.8) 1.5 (0.8) .80
Psychiatric symptoms
 Stress rating 5.3 (2.6) 5.4 (2.6) 5.3 (2.5) .71
 Beck Depression Inventory 10.1 (6.8) 10.4 (6.8) 10.0 (6.8) .60
 % History of depressive symptoms 35 35 34 .85

Note. Values represent means (SD) unless otherwise indicated. p values correspond to t tests for comparisons of means and chi-square tests for comparisons of proportions (percents).