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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 15;28(4):242–248. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.02.006

Table 1.

Study characteristics by general racial/ethnic categories, racial/ethnic subgroups, and nativity, New York City, New York City, 2010–2014

General racial/ethnic categories
Non-Hispanic Black All Hispanic All Asian Non-Hispanic White

US-born Foreign-born US-born Foreign-born US-born Foreign-born US-born Foreign-born

Total n=67,215 n=49,321 n=78,170 n=93,194 n=22,490 n=72,461 n=129,279 n=49,072
Mother’s age
 mean (std) 27.1 (6.3) 30.8 (6.0) 26.6 (6.3) 28.6 (6.0) 31.9
(4.9)
30.2
(5.2)
31.3 (5.7) 31.1 (5.5)
Mother’s education (%)
 Less than high school 23.3 16 27.1 44.7 4.8 28.0 7.4 9.3
 High school 25.3 29.2 22.8 25.2 7.6 22.0 20.5 15.3
 Greater than high school 51.4 54.8 50.1 30.1 87.6 50.0 72.1 75.3
Mother’s insurance (%)
 Medicaid 70.4 69.7 69.5 86.0 30.0 70.2 30.3 46.4
 Private 26.2 24.1 28.2 11.6 68.8 28.3 68.8 51.3
 Uninsured 1.9 3.9 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.9 0.3 1.4
 Other 1.5 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.9
Pre-pregnancy BMI (%)
 Underweight (<18.5) 3.8 3.4 3.5 2.8 8.4 13.0 5.5 7.2
 Normal weight (18.5 – 24.9) 37.5 39.7 42.7 48.0 68.9 67.1 66.7 65.3
 Overweight (25.0 – 29.9) 27.6 32.2 28.1 31.6 16.9 15.3 18 19.5
 Obese Class I (30.0–34.9) 16.8 16.4 15.2 12.5 4.5 3.8 6.3 5.9
 Obese Class II (35.0 – 39.9) 8.3 5.8 6.6 3.6 1.0 0.7 2.2 1.6
 Obese Class III (≥40) 6.1 2.5 3.9 1.4 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.5
Height
 mean (std) 64.7 (2.9) 64.8 (2.8) 63.5 (2.8) 62.2 (3.1) 63.5
(2.4)
62.9
(2.3)
64.5 (2.7) 64.8 (2.8)
Parity (%)
 Nulliparous 47.9 39.8 49.4 50.6 60.1 47.9 47.4 47.1
 Multiparous 52.1 60.2 50.6 64.9 39.9 52.1 52.6 52.9
Racial/ethnic Subgroups
Mexican Indian Chinese

US-born Foreign-born US-born Foreign-born US-born Foreign-born

Total n=5283 n=28,863 n=9892 n=17,766 n=4212 n=40,817
Mother’s age
 mean (std) 23.3 (6.1) 28.3 (5.8) 30.7
(4.8)
29.3 (5.3) 32.6
(4.7)
30.1 (5.0)
Mother’s education (%)
 Less than high school 41.1 64.2 7.6 23.5 1.9 34.6
 High school 22.2 26.9 9.3 28.0 4.1 22.3
 Greater than high school 36.7 8.9 83.0 48.5 94 43.2
Mother’s insurance (%)
 Medicaid 78.8 94.5 35.2 76.7 15.1 74.3
 Private 18.9 3.7 63.5 20.9 84.4 24.8
 Uninsured 1 1.1 0.6 1.6 0.1 0.7
 Other 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.2
Pre-pregnancy BMI (%)
 Underweight (<18.5) 4 2.3 7.6 6.2 7.4 17.2
 Normal weight (18.5–24.9) 47 43.9 62.9 54.1 74.6 73.7
 Overweight (25.0–29.9) 27.8 34.5 22.0 28.6 13.9 7.9
 Obese Class I (30.0–34.9) 13.7 14.1 6.0 8.8 3.0 1.0
 Obese Class II (35.0–39.9) 5 3.9 1.2 1.8 0.7 0.2
 Obese Class III (≥40) 2.4 1.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0
Height
 mean (std) 62.4 (2.6) 60.8 (3.0) 63.4
(2.3)
62.6 (2.5) 63.6
(2.3)
63.1 (2.1)
Parity (%)
 Nulliparous 58.7 26.1 57.1 40.2 63.3 50.1
 Multiparous 41.3 73.9 42.9 59.8 36.7 49.9