Table 2.
Maternal Descriptive, Pregnancy and Delivery Outcomes by Maternal Race
| Characteristics | NHW (n = 95) |
NHB (n = 30) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||
| Age (yr.)a | 30.2 (3.5) | 29.3 (5.8) | 0.29 |
| Pre-Pregnancy BMIa | 25.2 (5.2) | 28.5 (5.7) | 0.004 |
| Education Levelc, d | |||
| Post-Secondary (%, n) | 96.5% (82) | 57.1% [12] | < 0.0001 |
|
Activity Levela METs (ml O2·kg−1·min− 1) |
393.0 (0.0, 1225.0) | 163.9 (0.0, 942.0) | 0.002 |
| Pregnancy | |||
| Gravidab | 1.0 (1.0, 5.0) | 2.0 (1.0, 6.0) | 0.34 |
| GDM (n)c | 7.5% [7] | 3.3% [1] | 0.42 |
| Gestational Weight Gain (lb) | 30.1 (12.1) | 28.7 (15.3) | 0.66 |
| Delivery | |||
| Cesarean Section (n)c | 21.7 (21) | 26.7 (8) | 0.62 |
Note: Means (SD), medians (range) and proportions are reported and aStudent’s t-test, bWilcoxon Rank Sum tests and cFisher’s Exact tests were performed, respectively. BMI = body mass index (kg/m2); GDM gestational diabetes mellitus. METs metabolic equivalents expressed in milliliters of oxygen per kilogram per minute. NHW Non-Hispanic White; NHB Non-Hispanic Black. dNineteen participants had missing data for level of education