Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample
Control (n=100) |
Intervention (n=102) |
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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 |
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