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. 2013 Dec 5;13:1119. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1119

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

 
Baseline population
Baseline population
 
Original data
Imputed data
 
(n = 3 343)
(n = 3 963)
  % %
Gender
 
 
 
Female
48.3
 
48.2
Male
51.7
 
51.9
Maternal education level
 
 
 
Low
22.0
 
23.7
Intermediate
41.7
 
41.6
High
36.3
 
34.7
Indoor smoking
 
 
 
Yes
27.3
 
28.7
No
72.7
 
71.3
Breastfeeding
 
 
 
Yes
83.0
 
82.0
No
17.1
 
18.0
Maternal overweight before pregnancy
 
 
 
BMI < 25 kg/m2
80.3
 
79.5
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2
19.7
 
20.5
 
Mean ± SD
N
Mean ± SD
Birth weight (grams)
3 513 ± 541
3 343
3 507 ± 546
 Living room temperature (°C)
 
3 333
 
Heating used
20.2 ± 1.2
3 326
20.3 ± 1.3
Heating not used
 
7
 
Bedroom temperature (°C)
 
3 240
 
Heating used
17.4 ± 2.5
2 193
17.4 ± 2.5
Heating not used
 
1 047
 
BMI z-score at 3 months
0.12 ± 1.05
2 837
0.11 ± 1.05
BMI z-score at 1 year
0.03 ± 1.01
3 129
0.04 ± 1.02
BMI z-score at 2 years
0.06 ± 1.07
2 991
0.04 ± 1.08
BMI z-score at 3 years
0.08 ± 1.06
2 727
0.08 ± 1.07
BMI z-score at 4 years
0.01 ± 1.03
2 428
0.02 ± 1.04
BMI z-score at 5 years
0.20 ± 1.10
2 191
0.21 ± 1.11
BMI z-score at 6 years
0.20 ± 1.04
2 325
0.21 ± 1.04
BMI z-score at 7 years
0.14 ± 1.05
2 411
0.14 ± 1.04
BMI z-score at 8 years
0.08 ± 1.03
2 367
0.07 ± 1.03
BMI z-score at 11 years 0.04 ± 1.05 2 125 0.01 ± 1.06