Table 1.
Characteristics | or Mean | Percent or standard deviation |
---|---|---|
Maternal age at child birth (years) | 30.8 | 4.4 |
Maternal IQa | 100.1 | 15 |
Gestational week of blood drawa | 8.7 | 2.5 |
Child's sex | ||
Female | 761 | 47.8 |
Male | 831 | 52.2 |
Parity | ||
0 | 801 | 50.3 |
1 | 511 | 32.1 |
280 | 17.6 | |
Socioeconomic status (SES)b | ||
High | 1,131 | 71.0 |
Medium | 412 | 25.9 |
Low | 43 | 2.7 |
Missing | 6 | 0.4 |
Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy | ||
Never | 756 | 47.5 |
1–4 glasses per week | 655 | 41.1 |
glasses per week | 181 | 11.4 |
Maternal smoking during pregnancy | ||
No | 1,097 | 68.9 |
Yes | 495 | 31.1 |
Maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI)a | ||
61 | 3.8 | |
18.5–24.9 | 1,093 | 68.7 |
25.0–29.9 | 292 | 18.3 |
116 | 7.3 | |
Missing | 30 | 1.9 |
8 and 135 observations were missing information about maternal IQ and gestational week of blood draw, respectively.
SES was created based on self-reported maternal and paternal education and occupation using three categories (high, medium, and low): higher education (four years beyond high school) or work in management were classified as high, skilled workers and middle-range education as medium, unskilled workers and unemployed as low.