Table 1.

Demography of the Subjects According to the Treatment Groups Between ISC (n=20) and LMWID (n=20)

Demography	Measurement	ISC	LMWID	P value
Age (years)	Mean ± SD	26.95 ± 4.37	27.10 ± 3.64	0.560
20–24	N (%)	6 (30.0)	4 (20.0)	0.634
25–29		9 (45.0)	11 (55.0)
30–34		4 (20.0)	5 (25.0)
35–39		1 (5.0)	0 (0.0)
Total		20 (100.0)	20 (100.0)
Ethnicity	N (%)			0.314
Malay		11 (55.0)	7 (35.0)
Indian		9 (45.0)	12 (60.0)
Others		0 (0.0)	1 (5.0)
Total		20 (100.0)	20 (100.0)
Occupation	N (%)			0.270
Housewives		10 (50.0)	6 (30.0)
Government sector		5 (25.0)	5 (25.0)
Private sector		4 (20.0)	9 (45.0)
Post-graduate student		1 (5.0)	0 (0.0)
Total		20 (100.0)	20 (100.0)
Weight	Mean ± SD	55.76 ± 10.67	61.76 ± 15.19	0.136
BMI	Mean ± SD	23.14 ± 4.17	24.85 ± 5.60	0.275
Underweight	N (%)	2 (10.0)	1 (5.0)	0.611
Ideal weight		14 (70.0)	12 (60.0)
Overweight		2 (10.0)	3 (15.0)
Obese		2 (10.0)	2 (10.0)
Severely obese		0 (0.0)	2 (10.0)
Total		20 (100.0)	20 (100.0)
Gestation (week)	Mean ± SD	32.45 ± 3.55	33.85 ± 3.86	0.845
24+0 till 26+6	N (%)	2 (10.0)	1 (5.0)
27+0 till 29+6		3 (15.0)	2 (10.0)
30+0 till 32+6		4 (20.0)	3 (15.0)
33+0 till 35+6		7 (35.0)	7 (35.0)
36+0 till 38+6		4 (20.0)	7 (35.0)
Total		20 (100.0)	20 (100.0)
Gravida	N (%)			0.370
G1P0		5 (25.0)	3 (15.0)
G2P0+1 to G2P1		9 (45.0)	8 (40.0)
G3P1+1 to G3P2		5 (25.0)	3 (15.0)
G4P3 to G4P4		1 (5.0)	2 (10.0)
G5P2+2 to G5P4		0 (0.0)	3 (15.0)
G6P3+2		0 (0.0)	1 (5.0)
Total		20 (100.0)	20 (100.0)