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. 2018 Jun 12;126(6):067004. doi: 10.1289/EHP2754

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants in the Lifestyle During Pregnancy Study–Danish National Birth Cohort (LDPS-DNBC) (n=1,592).

Characteristics n 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
>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
>4 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    
<18.5 61 3.8
 18.5–24.9 1,093 68.7
 25.0–29.9 292 18.3
30 116 7.3
 Missing 30 1.9
a

8 and 135 observations were missing information about maternal IQ and gestational week of blood draw, respectively.

b

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.