Table 1.
Description of study participants
| Maternal/infant characteristic | Number (%) BMI < 30kg/m2 N = 237 |
Number (%) BMI >= 30kg/m2 N = 124 |
Number (%) All Participants N = 361 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age | |||
| 18–25 years | 80 (34.0) | 42 (33.9) | 122 (34.0) |
| 26–35 years | 132 (56.0) | 69 (55.6) | 201 (56.0) |
| 36+ years | 23 (10.0) | 13 (10.5) | 36 (10.0) |
| Maternal ethnicity | |||
| African American | 108 (45.6) | 86 (69.3) | 194 (53.7) |
| European American | 112 (47.3) | 29 (23.4) | 141 (39.1) |
| Hispanic | 8 (3.4) | 4 (3.2) | 12 (3.3) |
| Other | 9 (3.8) | 5 (4.0) | 14 (3.9) |
| Maternal education | |||
| No College | 73 (31.3) | 46 (38.3) | 119 (33.7) |
| Some college | 160 (68.7) | 74 (61.7) | 234 (66.3) |
| Gestational cigarette smoking | |||
| Yes | 37 (15.8) | 25 (21.0) | 62 (17.6) |
| No | 197 (84.1) | 94 (79.0) | 291 (82.4) |
| Infant sex | |||
| Male | 118 (50.2) | 67 (54.0) | 185 (51.5) |
| Female | 117 (49.8) | 57 (46.0) | 174 (48.5) |
| Gestational age at birth | |||
| < 37 weeks | 17 (7.3) | 11 (8.9) | 28 (7.9) |
| ≥ 37 weeks | 215 (90.7) | 113 (91.1) | 328 (92.1) |
| Birth weight | |||
| < 2500 grams | 16 (7.0) | 8 (6.5) | 24 (6.8) |
| ≥ 2500 grams | 213 (93.0) | 114 (93.5) | 327 (93.2) |
| Breast feeding: 3+ Months | |||
| Yes | 121 (59.9) | 40 (41.6) | 161 (54.0) |
| No | 81 (40.1) | 56 (58.4) | 137 (46.0) |