Table 1.
Baseline characteristics by hsCRP tertile: 572 women, EAGeR Trial, USA, 2007-2012.a
| Tertiles of hsCRP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Overall Cohort | Tertile 1: <0.70 mg/L | Tertile 2: 0.70-1.94 mg/L | Tertile 3: 1.95-9.9 mg/L | |
| Number of women, n | 572 | 184 | 188 | 188 |
| Category of age, years, % | ||||
| 18-24 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 19 |
| 25-29 | 41 | 47 | 36 | 38 |
| 30-34 | 25 | 20 | 32 | 24 |
| 35-40 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| Category of BMI, kg/m2, % | ||||
| Underweight: BMI<18.5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Normal weight: BMI 18.5-24.9 | 45 | 69 | 54 | 14 |
| Overweight: BMI 25.0-29.9 | 28 | 18 | 28 | 38 |
| Obese: BMI ≥30.0 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 48 |
| Race: white (vs. non-white), % | 96 | 94 | 96 | 97 |
| Married or living with partner, % | 90 | 91 | 92 | 87 |
| Education: > high school, % | 87 | 92 | 87 | 84 |
| Annual household income ≥$75,0002, % | 52 | 51 | 54 | 49 |
| Employed, % | 75 | 74 | 72 | 81 |
| Prior live births, % | ||||
| 0 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 45 |
| 1 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 39 |
| 2 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
| Previous pregnancy losses, % | ||||
| 1 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 62 |
| 2 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 38 |
| Time from last loss to randomization2, % | ||||
| ≤ 4 months | 53 | 54 | 60 | 47 |
| 5-8 months | 19 | 24 | 18 | 17 |
| 9-12 months | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| >12 months | 19 | 17 | 15 | 26 |
| hormonal contraceptives use in past 3 months, % | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Sexual intercourse frequency per week, mean (SD) | 2.4 (1.8) | 2.6 (1.8) | 2.4 (1.7) | 2.4 (1.8) |
| Current regular smoker, % | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Biomarkers, Mean (SD) | ||||
| Waist circumference, cm | 86.9 (14.7) | 78.6 (9.5) | 84.0 (11.4) | 97.3 (15.5) |
| Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.81 (0.070) | 0.79 (0.060) | 0.80 (0.068) | 0.84 (0.075) |
| Leptin, ng/mL | 23.2 (19.6) | 12.1 (10.2) | 20.6 (15.9) | 36.9 (22.1) |
hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; BMI, body mass index, SD, standard deviation
a
The number of women with missing data by characteristic was: BMI (n=10), employment (n=18), waist circumference (n=4), leptin (n=19).