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. 2016 Oct 18;60(1):81–88. doi: 10.1007/s00125-016-4135-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Total group N = 4328
Maternal characteristics
  Age at intake (years), mean (SD) 30.7 (5.1)
  Height (cm), mean (SD) 167.7 (7.5)
  Pre-pregnancy weight (kg), median (95% range) 64.0 (49.0, 98.0)
  Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2), median (95% range) 22.7 (18.1, 34.5)
  Highest education completed, n (%)
    Primary 343 (8.7)
    Secondary 1692 (43.1)
    Higher 1887 (48.1)
  Parity, nulliparous (%) 2299 (55.1)
  Ethnicity, European (%) 2605 (61.9)
  Folic acid use, yes (%) 2239 (75.3)
  Smoking during pregnancy, yes (%) 601 (16.0)
  Gestational diabetes, yes (%) 42 (1.0)
  Pre-eclampsia, yes (%) 65 (1.8)
  Gestational hypertension, yes (%) 155 (4.2)
Child characteristics
  Sex, male (%) 2235 (51.6)
  Gestational age at birth (weeks), median (95% range) 40.1 (35.8, 42.3)
  Birthweight (g), median (95% range) 3450 (2261, 4474)
  Ever breastfed, yes (%) 3150 (92.5)
  Introduction of solid foods before 6 months, yes (%) 2328 (89.9)
  Ethnicity, European (%) 2730 (64.8)
  Television watching >2 h/day, n (%) 672 (19.9)
  Age at 6-year follow-up examination (years), median (95% range) 6.0 (5.7, 8.0)
  BMI (kg/m2), median (95% range) 15.9 (13.7, 21.2)
  Insulin at 6 years (pmol/l), median (95% range) 112 (17, 395)
  C-peptide at 6 years (nmol/l), median (95% range) 0.95 (0.30, 2.14)