Table 2.
Maternal and paternal demographic data
| Demographic Characteristics | Mothers n = 271 |
Fathers n = 181 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at delivery (years) | Mean (SD) | 32.5 (5.2) | 34.9 (6.4) |
| Pre-pregnancy weight (kg) | Mean (SD) | 65.7 (13.0) | 83.7 (12.7) |
| Height (m) | Mean (SD) | 1.67 (0.06) | 1.81 (0.07) |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | Mean (SD) | 23.5 (4.5) | 25.1 (4.6) |
| Gestational weight gain (kg) | Mean (SD) | 14.9 (5.2) | |
| Parity | Mean (SD) | 1.6 (0.8) | |
| Vaginal Delivery | n (%) | 175 (64%) | |
| Pregnancy-induced hypertension | n (%) | 7 (3%) | |
| Familial predisposition for hypertension or diabetes mellitus | n (%) | 45 (17%) | |
| Smoking during pregnancy | n (%) | 8 (3%) | |
| Infertility treatment (ICSI or IVF) | n (%) | 14 (5%) | |
Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, SD Standard deviation, ICSI Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, IVF In vitro fertilization