Table 1.
Characteristics of participants by region of recruitment
| Aix-en-Provence (n = 13) |
Paris (n = 27) |
Total (n = 40) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Agea (years) | 31.9 ± 5.5 | 29.7 ± 3.4 | 30.5 ± 4.2 |
| Pre-pregnancy BMIa (kg/m2) | 21.8 ± 3.0 | 22.5 ± 3.7 | 22.2 ± 3.4 |
| Trimester of pregnancyb | |||
| 1st
2nd 3rd |
15.4 % (2) 23.1 % (3) 61.5 % (8) |
11.1 % (3) 63.0 % (17) 25.9 % (7) |
12.5 % (5) 50.0 % (20) 37.5 % (15) |
| Primiparasb | 46.2 % (6) | 51.9 % (14) | 50.0 % (20) |
| Household incomeb (€ per month) | |||
| <2000 2000–4000 >4000 Don’t wish to answer |
23.1 % (3) 38.5 % (5) 30.8 % (4) 7.7 % (1) |
11.1 % (3) 55.6 % (15) 22.2 % (6) 11.1 % (3) |
15.0 % (6) 50.0 % (20) 25.0 % (10) 10.0 % (4) |
| Had previously followed a dietb | |||
| Never Once Several times |
30.8 % (4) 30.8 % (4) 38.5 % (5) |
51.9 % (14) 11.1 % (3) 37.0 % (10) |
45.0 % (18) 17.5 % (7) 37.5 % (15) |
aAll values are mean ± SD
bAll values are percentages followed by the corresponding number of participants between brackets