Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population (n=1306).
| Maternal Characteristics | n (%) 1 |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 31.2 (4.2) |
| Educational level | |
| Low | 28.6 (368) |
| Middle | 32.8 (422) |
| High | 38.7 (498) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Dutch | 97.5 (1259) |
| Other | 2.5 (32) |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI, mean (SD) | 24.8 (4.7) |
| Overweight % (n) | 38.5 (494) |
| Parity | |
| Multiparous | 39.6 (516) |
| Smoking during pregnancy | |
| Yes | 11.7 (152) |
| Child characteristics | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 50.5 (660) |
| Birth weight (g), mean (SD) | 3563.6 (557.0) |
| Age at diet measurement (years), mean (SD) | 3.1 (0.4) |
| Age at 3-year BMI measurement (years), mean (SD) | 3.1 (0.1) |
| Age at 10-year BMI measurement (years), mean (SD) | 10.6 (0.5) |
| BMI and overweight at 3 years (n = 938) | |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 16.0 (1.2) |
| Overweight (%, n); according to Cole and Lobstein [29] | 13.6 (128) |
| Overweight (%, n); according to WHO [27] | 3.5 (33) |
| BMI and overweight at 10 years (n = 938) | |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 17.8 (2.8) |
| Overweight (%, n); according to Cole and Lobstein [29] | 16.4 (154) |
| Overweight (%, n); according to WHO [28] | 22.3 (209) |
1 All values % (n) unless otherwise indicated. Missing values: education (n = 18), smoking (n = 3), ethnicity (n = 15), pre-pregnancy BMI (n = 23), birth weight (n = 13), gestational age (n = 13), parity (n = 3), age of the mother (n = 3).