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. 2016 Sep 6;46(2):632–642. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw178

Table 2.

Maternal and birth characteristics

Total cohort Alspac DNBC FINNPEC GenR Lund
N = 219575 n = 13444 n = 83532 n = 1930 n = 8363 n = 545
Maternal age, years (mean, SD) 29.8 (4.7) 28.0 (5.0) 29.8 (4.4) 29.9 (5.4) 29.7 (5.3) 30.0 (5.0)
Parity, % 0 50.4 45 50.6 66.1 55.0 68.5
BMI, kg/m2 23.0 21.6 22.6 23.6 23.9 NA
(median, 90% range) (18.7–32.9) (17.6–30.7) (18.6–31.9) (19.1–34.4) (19.4–33.7) NA
Chronic hypertension, % yes 1.3 3.8 0.2 10.6 1.9 0.9
Gestational age birth, weeks 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.0 40.1 38.7
(median, 90% range) (36.0–42.0) (36.0–42.0) (37.0–42.0) (31.0-–42.0) (36.9–42.0) (29.2–41.7)
Birthweight, grams (mean, SD) 3547.5 (585.0) 3408.7 (551.5) 3574.3 (571.9) 3096.3 (861.6) 3411.9 (561.5) 3156.1 (866.2)
Fetal sex, % female 48.8 48.4 48.8 50.8 49.5 50.3
MoBa OPB PEPP PREDO SCOPE VIP
n = 98436 n = 472 n = 4274 n = 1032 n = 5573 n = 1974
Maternal age, years (mean, SD) 30.2 (4.6) 31.7 (4.9) 26.3 (6.3) 32.3 (5.8) 28.7 (5.5) 30.8 (5.9)
Parity, % 0 46.7 53.8 68.1 31.8 100 49.9
BMI, kg/m2 23.1 23.9 24.1 25.5 24.2 31.2
(median, 90% range) (18.9–32.5) (19.1–35.9) (18.1–39.2) (19.1–39.5) (19.5–34.7) (21.1–43.4)
Chronic hypertension, % yes 0.5 0.2 2.5 18.4 2.7 41.0
Gestational age birth, weeks 40.0 38.4 39.0 39.9 40.1 39.0
(median, 90% range) (37.0–42.0) (28.6–40.3) (33.0–41.0) (36.4–41.9) (36.6–41.7) (33.1–41.9)
Birthweight, grams (mean, SD) 3600.3 (560.5) 3129.5 (1015.8) 3141.0 (728.3) 3510.7 (597.6) 3415.6 (555.4) 3217.7 (761.2)
Fetal sex, % female 48.7 50 49.2 46.6 49.2 49.1

NA, not available.