Table 3.

Trimester 1 (baseline) demographic in the intervention and control group

Characteristic	Intervention group	Control group	p-value
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
	N = 47	N = 50
Age (years)	31.7 (4.1)	30.55 (4.9)	0.254
Weight (kg) at recruitment	69.7 (11.1)	71.0 (12.5)	0.593
Body Mass Index at recruitment	25.5 (3.3)	26.1 (4.9)	0.502
Gestation at recruitment (weeks)	10.56 (1.3)	10.41 (1.35)	0.569
	N (%)	N (%)
Martial Status	46	48	0.569
Single	3 (7)	4 (8)
Living with partner	15 (33)	11 (23)
Married	28 (61)	33 (69)
Highest educational qualification	46	48	0.473
Below secondary	0 (0)	2 (4)
Secondary	9 (20)	13 (27)
Tertiary	37 (80)	33 (69)
Employment status	45	48	0.618
Employed	44 (98)	45 (94)
Unemployed	1 (2)	3 (6)