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. 2021 Nov 22;12:771641. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.771641

Table 1.

General characteristics of the study population according to sex.

VARIABLE BOYS (N = 210) GIRLS (N = 228)
Mothers’ characteristics
Age at delivery (mean, min, max) 32.0 (16.2, 45.1) 32.0 (15.1, 44.8)
Geographic origin
Caribbean Islands 204 (97.1) 219 (96.0)
Europe 6 (2.9) 9 (4.0)
BMI in early pregnancy (mean, min, max) 24.8 (17.1, 40.7) 25.7 (15.6, 50.0)
Weight gain during pregnancy (n, %)
Insufficient 66 (32.2) 58 (25.8)
Normal 28 (13.7) 26 (11.5)
Excessive 53 (25.8) 78 (34.7)
Very excessive 58 (28.3) 63 (28.0)
Education level (n, %)
< 12 years schooling 112 (53.3) 117 (51.3)
≥ 12 years schooling 98 (46.7) 111 (48.7)
Smoking during pregnancy (n, %) 6 (2.9) 7 (3.1)
Alcohol during pregnancy (n, %) 4 (2.0) 5 (2.3)
Childs’ characteristics
Age (mean, min, max) 7.7 (7.1, 8.1) 7.6 (7.1, 8.2)
Z-score height (mean, min, max) 0.9 (-1.9, 3.8) 1.0 (-1.4, 3.6)
Z-score BMI (mean, min, max) 0.2 (-3.8, 3.7) 0.3 (-3.1, 2.9)
Prematurity (n, %) 29 (13.8) 28 (12.3)
Small for gestational age (n, %) 24 (11.4) 17 (7.5)
Breastfeeding (n, %) 183 (87.1) 192 (84.2)
Total cord blood lipids (mean, interquartile range) (g/L) 2.24 (1.82, 2.41) 2.29 (1.75, 2.55)