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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Maturitas. 2017 Dec 8;109:26–31. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.12.006

Table 2.

Participants in the Bogalusa Babies and BiCEPS studies, 2011–2016, n=761

overall Total <10 Total≥10
N % N % N % p for difference
race
 black 280 36.8 50 47.6 410 66.9 <0.01
 white 480 63.2 55 52.4 203 33.1
menopausal status at interview
 post-menopausal 440 58.1 64 61.0 352 57.7
 pre-menopausal 317 41.9 41 39.1 258 42.3
Age at menopause (post- menopausal only)
 <45 179 40.0 21 32.3 149 41.9
 45–<50 111 24.8 20 30.8 82 23.0
 50–<55 98 21.9 14 21.5 79 22.2
 55+ 59 13.2 10 17.9 46 12.9
total parity
 0 101 13.4 19 18.3 77 12.7 0.27
 1 131 17.4 14 13.5 110 18.1
 2 297 39.5 37 35.6 245 40.4
 3 151 20.1 20 19.2 118 19.4
 4+ 72 9.6 14 13.5 57 9.4
education
 <12 years 66 8.7 17 16.2 43 7.0 <0.01
 12 248 62.6 44 41.9 185 30.2
 some college/AA 250 32.9 29 27.6 211 34.4
 college degree or higher 196 25.8 15 14.3 174 28.4
ever smoked 285 37.5 47 44.8 215 35.1 0.06
ever smoked in pregnancy 147 19.3 26 24.8 107 17.4 0.07
any type of fertility difficulties 136 17.9 12 11.4 115 18.7 0.07
birth <16 years 45 6.9 5 5.8 36 6.8 0.75
birth <18 years 146 22.3 22 25.6 115 21.6 0.41
any history of low birthweight 119 18.2 21 24.7 89 16.7 0.07
any history of preterm birth 98 14.9 10 11.6 80 14.9 0.42
any history of gestational diabetes 66 10.0 10 11.6 53 9.9 0.62
any history of hypertensive disorders 139 21.1 17 19.8 114 21.3 0.75
any miscarriage 160 21.0 22 21.0 132 21.5 0.9
mean median SD min max mean median SD min max mean median SD min max p
 age at interview 47.7 48.4 5.2 32.5 57.8 48.8 49.0 4.9 35.9 56.7 47.5 48.0 5.3 32.5 56.7 0.03
 age at 1st pregnancy 22. 21.0 5.3 14.0 45.0 21.4 20.0 5.6 14.0 45.0 22.3 21.0 5.2 14.0 45.0 0.13
 age at last pregnancy 28.3 28.0 5.9 15.0 47.0 28.1 27.0 5.7 17.0 45.0 28.4 28.0 5.9 15.0 45.0 0.63
 BMI at last visit 32. 31.1 8.3 17. 67. 36. 33.4 10. 19. 62. 31. 30.3 7.6 17.9 62. <0.
 pre-pregnancy BMI 022.5 21.2 5.1 915.0 744.7 023.7 21.9 55.7 715.9 542.1 222.3 21.1 4.9 15.0 542. 010.04
 average pregnancy weight gain (lbs) 30.9 28.3 15.3 0.0 85.0 27.4 25.0 12.4 0.0 85.0 31.1 28.3 15.3 0.0 85.0 0.01