Table 2.
Delta Healthy Sprouts participant pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and postnatal characteristics by treatment arm
| PAT (N = 30) | PATE (N = 24) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | % | n | % | P |
| Gestational diabetes | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | NA |
| Gestational hypertension | 5 | 16.7 | 2 | 8.3 | 0.443 |
| Gestational weight gaina,b | |||||
| Within IOM recommendations | 9 | 30.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 0.087 |
| Under IOM recommendations | 5 | 16.7 | 5 | 20.8 | |
| Above IOM recommendations | 16 | 53.3 | 17 | 70.8 | |
| Rate of gestational weight gainb,c | |||||
| Within IOM recommendations | 5 | 16.7 | 3 | 12.5 | 0.720 |
| Under IOM recommendations | 6 | 20.0 | 4 | 16.7 | |
| Above IOM recommendations | 19 | 63.3 | 17 | 70.8 | |
| Breastfeedingd | |||||
| > 1 month | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 8.3 | 1.000 |
| < 1 month | 7 | 23.3 | 10 | 41.7 | |
| Never | 21 | 70.0 | 12 | 50.0 | |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P | |
| Pre-pregnancy weight (kg) | 76.4 | 22.10 | 80.0 | 24.78 | 0.566 |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI | 28.6 | 8.18 | 29.2 | 7.72 | 0.762 |
| Gestational weight gain (kg)a | 15.3 | 9.80 | 14.3 | 7.19 | 0.663 |
| Postnatal weight (kg) at PM 1 | 81.6 | 22.48 | 86.4 | 24.74 | 0.460 |
| Postnatal BMI at PM 1 | 30.4 | 7.73 | 31.6 | 7.77 | 0.577 |
PAT Parents as Teachers control treatment; PATE, Parents as Teachers Enhanced experimental treatment, NA Not applicable because all participants fall into single category, IOM Institute of Medicine, BMI Body mass index, MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activity, PM Postnatal month
aBased on self-reported pre-pregnancy weight
bComparison = within vs. under and above
cBased on measured weight between gestational months 4 and 9
dComparison: > 1 month vs. < 1 month and never