There are errors in Table 1. The value in Women, Biomedical factor, “Maternal smoking in the final trimester (N[%])” should be 436. The value in Women, Social factor, “Attitude toward the pregnancy, unwanted (N[%])” should be 472.
Table 1. Sex-stratified descriptive statistics of early life biomedical and social factors including test for sex differences.
| n | Men | n | Women | pa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at follow-up (mean[min; max]) | 726 | 49.9 (49;52) | 922 | 49.9 (49;52) | .57 |
| Allostatic load score (mean[SD]) | 726 | 3.47 (2.66) | 922 | 3.42 (2.74) | .72 |
| Biomedical factors | |||||
| Maternal smoking in the final trimester (N[%]) | 710 | 328 (46.2) | 899 | 436 (48.5) | .36 |
| Gestational age, weeks (mean[SD]) | 591 | 39.07 (2.6) | 778 | 39.2 (2.3) | .24 |
| Complications at birth (N[%]) | 711 | 66 (9.3) | 904 | 71 (7.9) | .31 |
| Hospital stay in the first year (N[%]) | 712 | 137 (19.2) | 892 | 146 (16.4) | .13 |
| Birth weight, grams (mean[SD]) | 718 | 3326 (587.5) | 906 | 3178 (540.5) | < .001 |
| Maternal BMI (mean[SD]) | 659 | 21.7 (2.85) | 839 | 21.6 (2.81) | .29 |
| Duration of breastfeeding, months (mean[SD]) | 625 | 3.3 (2.76) | 785 | 3.3 (2.70) | .99 |
| Maternal age at birth, years (mean[SD]) | 726 | 26.2 (6.66) | 922 | 25.9 (6.71) | .47 |
| Social factors | |||||
| Attitude toward the pregnancy, unwanted (N[%]) | 704 | 351 (49.7) | 889 | 472 (53.1) | .20 |
| Marital status of mother at conception, single (N[%]) | 716 | 211 (29.5) | 910 | 303 (33.3) | .099 |
| Change in marital status, conception to 1 year (N[%]) | 654 | 76 (11.6) | 821 | 108 (13.2) | .38 |
| Not living with parents at 1 year (N[%]) | 726 | 34 (4.7) | 922 | 33 (3.6) | .26 |
| Parental SEP at 1 year, 1–8, low to high (mean[SD]) | 610 | 4.38 (1.88) | 777 | 4.33 (1.89) | .62 |
a t-test or x2 test for sex differences
Reference
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