Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of (A) maternal perceived stress scores. Given are median, min, max, and quartile boundaries (n=498). (B) BMI z-score categories within the analyzed sub-cohorta
| A - Stress score | median | min | max | <25 % | >75% | |
| pregnancy | 1.9 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | |
| year 1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2.4 | |
| year 2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.5 | |
| B - BMI z-scorea | Year 1 n = 487(%) | Year 2 n = 456(%) | Year 3 n = 428(%) | Year 4 n = 394(%) | Year 5 n = 352(%) | |
| < 0 | Underweight | 112 (23.0) | 25 (5.5) | 43 (10.0) | 40 (10.2) | 45 (12.8) |
| 0 < 1 | Normal weight | 336 (69) | 307 (67.3) | 309 (72.2) | 303 (76.9) | 266 (75.6) |
| ≥ 1 | Overweight | 39 (8.0) | 124 (27.2) | 76 (17.8) | 51 (12.9) | 41 (11.6) |
aCategorization based on WHO-reference data