Table 1.
Participant Characteristics. Participants were grouped (Vaginally-delivered or delivered by C-section) according to their birth mode, and they matched for body mass index (BMI); years of education; average of units of alcohol intake per week; habitual smoking status; socioeconomic (SE) status (as classified from parental SE status. Data is represented as the mean ± S.E.M.
| Vaginally-delivered | C-section | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age [years ± S.E.M] | 20.22 ± 0.24 | 20.34 ± 0.22 | 0.72 | |
| BMI [kg/m2± S.E.M] | 23.66 ± 0.46 | 24.58 ± 0.63 | 0.21 | |
| Years of Education [years ± S.E.M] | 16.03 ± 0.22 | 15.83 ± 0.19 | 0.5 | |
| Alcohol consumption [units per week ± S.E.M] | 7.42 ± 1.04 | 9.96 ± 1.53 | 0.17 | |
| Cigarette smoking status [N (%)] | 4 (10) | 2 (5.6) | 0.473 | |
| SE Status (%) | 1 (Professional) | 18 (45) | 22 (61.1) | 0.232 |
| 2 (Managerial/Technical) | 6 (15) | 1 (2.8) | ||
| 3 (Non-Manual) | 3 (7.5) | 6 (16.7) | ||
| 4 (Skilled Manual) | 3 (7.5) | 3 (8.3) | ||
| 5 (Semi-Skilled) | 4 (10) | 1 (2.8) | ||
| 6 (Unskilled) | 5 (12.5) | 3 (8.3) | ||
| 7 (Other gainfully occupied & unknown) | 1 (2.5) | 0 (0) | ||