Table 1.
A summary of participant characteristics (n = 13)
| Mean (range) / % | |
|---|---|
| Age in years | 28 (19–41) |
| Baseline (<14 weeks gestation) BMI (kg/m2) | 30 (19.6–39.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 69 |
| Married | 31 |
| Education | |
| Secondary school | 59 |
| Professional/technical training | 8 |
| University | 33 |
| Employment | |
| Skilled manual labour | 25 |
| Unskilled manual labour | 17 |
| Clerical/administrative/student | 33 |
| Unemployed | 25 |
| HIV status | |
| Positive | 33 |
| Negative | 67 |
| Household inventory (/9) | |
| < 6 | 17 |
| 6–7 | 83 |
| > 8 | 0 |
| Paternal age in years | 34 (23–44) |
| GPAQ physical activity status | |
| Active | 46 |
| Inactive | 54 |