Table 1.
Characteristic | No (%)* of women (n=427) |
---|---|
Age, years: | |
<20 | 4 (1) |
20-34 | 248 (58) |
≥35 | 175 (41) |
Body mass index: | |
Normal | 126 (31) |
Overweight | 141 (35) |
Obese | 140 (34) |
Missing data | 20 |
Woman and/or partner in paid work | 343 (80) |
Black or other minority ethnic group (all) | 233 (56) |
Asian | 103 (25) |
Black | 90 (22) |
Chinese/other | 30 (7) |
Mixed | 10 (2) |
Missing data | 10 |
Current smoking | 20 (5) |
Missing data | 8 |
Pre-existing medical problems | 145 (34) |
Asthma | 31 (7) |
Hypertension | 12 (3) |
Cardiac disease | 6 (1) |
Diabetes | 13 (3) |
Multiparous | 263 (62) |
Missing data | 4 |
Multiple pregnancy | 8 (2) |
Gestational diabetes | 50 (12) |
Gestation at symptom onset, weeks: | |
<22 | 22 (5) |
22-27 | 60 (14) |
28-31 | 64 (15) |
32-36 | 106 (25) |
≥37 | 142 (33) |
Peripartum | 30 (7) |
Missing data | 3 |
Percentages of those with complete data.