Table 1.
Demographic information on the subjects
| Variables | N | Mean/% | StdDev | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal | |||||
| Age | 40 | 18.23 | 1.37 | 14 | 20 |
| Weight before pregnancy (lbs) | 40 | 142.23 | 38.77 | 85 | 279 |
| Weight gain during pregnancy (lbs) | 38 | 27.83 | 12.70 | 9 | 47 |
| Income <$25,000 | 40 | 80% | |||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic | 38 | 95 | |||
| NonHispanic | 2 | 5 | |||
| CSection | |||||
| No | 33 | 83 | |||
| Yes | 7 | 17 | |||
| Pregnancy complicationsa | |||||
| None | 39 | ||||
| 1, 2, or 3 complications | 1 | ||||
| 5 complications | 0 | ||||
| Neonate | |||||
| Birthweight (grams) | 40 | 3226.53 | 450.48 | 2475 | 4315 |
| Gestational age at Birth (weeks) | 39 | 39.26 | 1.12 | 36.71 | 41.00 |
| Postmenstrual age at scan (weeks) | 40 | 41.98 | 1.41 | 38.71 | 44.57 |
| # of days after birth scan occurred (days) | 40 | 19.63 | 8.31 | 4 | 37 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 25 | 63 | |||
| Female | 15 | 37 | |||
| Infant Feeding: Breast and bottlefeeding | 33 | 76% |
Note: StdDev = Standard Deviation; Min = Minimum; Max = Maximum.
a
Defined as preeclampsia/hypertension, vascular issues, diabetes mellitus, and other(s)
Posthoc analyses aimed at determining whether the participants reporting the eight lowest iron values differed from the remaining 32 participants revealed no significant group differences on any of these variables.