Table 1.
Demographic and health characteristics of women at the time of their pregnancy.
| Demographic & Health Characteristic | Number of Pregnancies with Data (n = 206) |
Mean (SD 1) | Median (IQR 2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (at time of consent) (years) | (206) | 25.5 (6.1) | 24.3 (21.0–29.0) |
| Self-reported pre-pregnancy weight (kg) | (124) | 79.1 (23.9) | 76.5 (60.5–92.1) |
| BMI 3 based on pre-pregnancy weight (kg·m−2) | (114) | 30.0 (8.4) | 28.8 (22.9–36.6) |
| n | (%) | ||
| BMI: underweight (<18.5) | 7 | (6.1%) | |
| BMI: normal (18.5–24.99) | 31 | (27.2%) | |
| BMI: overweight (25–29.99) | 24 | (21.1%) | |
| BMI: obese (30 or higher) | 52 | (45.6%) | |
| Reported smoking during pregnancy | (185) | 63 | (34.1%) |
| Self-reported diabetes status at consent 4 | (117) | 7 | (6.1%) |
| (type 1) | - | 3 | (2.6%) |
| (type 2) | - | 4 | (3.4%) |
| Developed gestational diabetes in prior pregnancy | (180) | 18 | (8.7%) |
| Self-reported hypertensive at consent 4 | (116) | 6 | (5.2%) |
| (don’t know/unsure) | - | 4 | (3.5%) |
| Developed gestational hypertension in prior pregnancy | (185) | 11 | (5.3%) |
| Developed preeclampsia in prior pregnancy | (184) | 14 | (6.8%) |
| Self-reported IHD 4,5 status at consent | (113) | 0 | (0%) |
| (don’t know/unsure) | - | 3 | (2.7%) |
1 SD: standard deviation; 2 IQR: Interquartile range; 3 BMI: Body mass index; 4 Data available only after July, 2015; 5 IHD: Ischaemic heart disease.