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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2014 May 9;105(1):126–134. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.04.026

Table 2.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics according to Smoking Status in Pregnancy; Pooled Hispanic Datasets, Massachusetts 2006–2011.

Smoking Status in Pregnancya
p-valueb
Non-Smoker (N=2,353)
Former Smoker (N=300)
Current Smoker (N=334)
mean SD mean SD mean SD
Age (years) 24.2 5 23.2 4.6 24.2 5.2 0.02
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2) 26 6.1 27.2 7.4 26.4 6.3 <0.01
Weight at delivery (pounds) 177.2 36.6 188.0 44.3 182.3 38.1 <0.01
Gestational Weight Gain (pounds) 31.1 15.8 33.8 18.4 31.6 19.1 0.03

n % n % n %

Age (years)
 13–19 595 25.3 64 21.3 74 22.2 <0.0001
 20–24 781 33.2 143 47.7 127 38
 25–29 504 21.4 57 19 71 21.3
 ≥30 473 20.1 36 12 62 18.6
Parity
 0 live births 1007 43.4 128 43.2 99 29.8 <0.0001
 1 live birth 713 30.7 91 30.7 98 29.5
 ≥2 live births 602 26 77 26 135 40.7
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)
 Underweight (<18.5) 129 5.5 11 3.7 18 5.4 0.23
 Normal weight (≥18.5–<25) 1094 46.8 131 43.8 149 44.6
 Overweight (≥25–<30) 606 25.9 76 25.4 79 23.7
 Obese (≥30) 511 21.8 81 27.1 88 26.4
Adherence to Weight Gain Recommendations
 Inadequate gain 470 20.4 48 16.4 72 22.4 <0.01
 Appropriate gain 582 25.3 49 16.8 68 21.1
 Excessive gain 1253 54.4 195 66.8 182 56.5

Abbreviations: BMI (body mass index), kg/m2 (kilograms per meter squared)

a

Numbers may not add to total due to missing data.

b

P values derived from ANOVA F-test for continous data and chi-square tests for categorical data.