Table 1. Demographics and baseline characteristics of the participating patients (n=263); values are presented as mean ± SD or n (%).
a Data are presented as 95% confidence interval; b p-values were derived via one-way ANOVA for categorical and continuous variables, and chi-square test for categoric variables
BMI: body mass index; ANOVA: analysis of variance
| n | OM group | n | LM group | n | HM group | p-valueb | |
| Maternal Age (years) | 213 | 40.82 ± 6.94 (39.89 - 41.76)a | 34 | 42.06 ± 8.72 (39.02 - 45.10) | 16 | 44.44 ± 10.63 (38.78 - 50.10) | 0.135 |
| Height (m) | - | 1.57 ± 0.08 (1.56 - 1.58) | - | 1.57 ± 0.07 (1.54 - 1.59) | - | 1.57 ± 0.09 (1.52 - 1.62) | 0.954 |
| Weight (kg) | - | 68.96 ± 15.12 (66.79 - 71.12) | - | 69.57 ± 17.17 (63.04 - 76.09) | - | 74.52 ± 16.21 (65.54-83.50) | 0.406 |
| BMI | - | 27.98 ± 5.87 (27.14 - 28.82) | - | 28.27 ± 6.01 (25.99 - 30.56) | - | 30.51 ± 7.13 (26.56 - 34.46) | 0.289 |
| Gravida | 145 | 1.77 ± 2.32 (1.38 - 2.15) | 27 | 2.11 ± 2.78 (1.01 - 3.21) | 12 | 1.83 ± 2.08 (0.51 - 3.16) | 0.786 |
| Para | 146 | 1.29 ± 1.78 (1.00 - 1.59) | 27 | 1.63 ± 2.22 (0.75 – 2.51) | 12 | 1.25 ± 1.42 (0.35 - 2.15) | 0.673 |
| Abortion | 145 | 0.43 ± 1.21 (0.23 - 0.63) | 27 | 0.48 ± 0.94 (0.11 - 0.85) | 12 | 0.58 ± 1.08 (-0.11 - 1.27) | 0.892 |
| Nationality | |||||||
| Saudi | 130 | (61.0%) | 18 | (52.9%) | 7 | (43.8%) | - - |
| Non-Saudi | 83 | (39.0%) | 16 | (47.1%) | 9 | (56.3%) |