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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Nutr. 2018 Apr 30;37(7):605–613. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2018.1454353

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample

Control (n=100)
Intervention (n=102)
Characteristics Mean SD Mean SD p-value*
Caregiver
 Age (years) 27.0 5.02 26.9 5.27 0.861
 Number of children 1.84 0.80 1.99 1.13 0.282
 Gestational age (weeks) 38.9 1.00 39.0 1.12 0.327
 Pregnant weight gain (kg) 12.7 5.53 12.6 5.08 0.911
 Ethnicity and race, n, %
  Asian 20 20.0 22 21.6 0.813
  American Indian 4 4.00 5 4.90 0.742
  Black 12 12.0 15 14.7 0.561
  Hispanic 60 61.2 62 62.0 0.707
  Native Hawaiian 12 12.0 15 14.7 0.580
  Pacific Islander 7 7.00 10 9.80 0.482
  White 45 45.0 34 33.3 0.090
 Education
  Less than college, n, % 42 42.0 49 49.5
  Some college, n, % 22 22.0 22 22.2 0.193
  College or higher, n, % 36 36.0 28 28.3
Use of prenatal vitamins, n, % 98 98.0 97 95.1 0.278
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) 26.1 6.88 26.6 6.87 0.663
Diabetes during pregnancy, n, % 5 5.0 8 7.8 0.415
Infant
 Gender (female), n, % 48 48.0 51 50.0 0.781
 Age (months) 0.98 0.47 0.93 0.44 0.455
 Weight for age z score −0.05 0.85 −0.05 0.85 0.976
 Length for age z score 0.61 1.56 0.59 1.57 0.931
 BMI for age z score −0.54 1.39 −0.53 1.28 0.958
 Type of infant health center, n, %
  Health Center 49 51.0 53 54.0 0.549
  Private office 47 49.0 45 45.7
*

site adjusted