Table 1.
Maternal and child characteristics in early fed versus non-early fed offspring.
| Maternal and child characteristics | Early fed n=149 |
Not early fed n=187 |
P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neonatal Characteristics | |||
| Female | 78 (52.4) | 85 (45.5) | 0.21 |
| Birthweight (g) | 3430 (3140 - 3720) | 3400 (3064 - 3720) | 0.63 |
| Neonatal fat mass (g) | 456 (345 - 567) | 449 (326 - 573) | 0.59 |
| Neonatal fat mass ≥ 90th percentile | 15 (11.3) | 16 (9.3) | 0.57 |
| Formula fed only (never breastfed) | 32 (21.5) | 40 (21.4) | 0.98 |
| Child follow-up characteristics | |||
| Child age (years) | 7 (6 - 8) | 7 (6 - 8) | 0.67 |
| Child BMI (kg/m2) | 16.5 (15.2 - 18.6) | 16.5 (15.2 - 18.6) | 0.94 |
| Child BMI ≥ 85th percentile | 54 (36.2) | 69 (36.9) | 0.90 |
| Child waist circumference (cm) | 56.2 (52.5 - 61.2) | 56.4 (52.3 - 64.2) | 0.29 |
| Child waist circumference ≥ 90th percentile | 14 (9.4) | 24 (12.8) | 0.32 |
| Maternal characteristics at enrollment during index pregnancy | |||
| Maternal age (yr) | 29 (25 - 32) | 29 (25 - 33) | 0.92 |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.83 | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 42 (28.2) | 57 (30.5) | |
| Hispanic | 91 (61.1) | 108 (57.8) | |
| Other/unknown | 16 (10.7) | 22 (11.8) | |
| Maternal BMI (kg/m2) | 29.7 (27.0 - 33.2) | 30.1 (27.0 - 33.3) | 0.95 |
| Maternal tobacco use | 13 (8.7) | 10 (5.4) | 0.22 |
Data are median (interquartile range) or n (%) unless otherwise specified.