Table 1.

Participant Demographics and Medical Factors.

Variable				Telomere Length, r or M(SD), p value
	M	SD	Range
Mother Age at T1	27.10	5.26	18.19–39.32	r = −.01, p = .90
Father Age at T1	28.58	6.26	18.68–51.00	r = −.07, p = .55
Maternal Education (years)	12.76	3.39	6 – 21	r = .02, p = .81
Household Income at T1, Per capita	16,424.28	26,747.27	0 – 241, 80.04	r = −.03, p = .79
Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI)	29.95	7.31	18.00 – 54.00	r = .26, p = .02
Perceived Stress
Preconception	13.18	5.34	1 – 26	r = −.13, p = .24
2nd Trimester	14.30	5.88	0 – 29	r = −.21, p = .11
3rd Trimester	17.61	5.73	5 – 33	r = −.25, p = .03
Postpartum	17.04	6.13	4 – 39	r = −.13, p = .24
	Category	N	%
Maternal Ethnicity				F = .37, p = .77
	Hispanic	54	48.6	1.71(.99)
	Non-Hispanic Caucasian	36	32.4	1.62 (.75)
	African American	19	17.1	1.48 (.65)
	Multiracial	2	1.8	1.80 (.85)
	M	SD	Range
Child Age at SC1	3.84	0.41	3.35–5.48	r = −.22, p = .02
Child BMI	16.25	1.64	12–25	r = .05, p = .61
Gestational Length (weeks)	38.84	1.74	29.71–42.00	r = −.15, p = .13
	3,225.13	590. 19	1,247 – 4,750	r = −.12, p = .26
Birth weight (g)
	Category	N	%
Child Sex				t = −1.28, p = .20
	Female	61	55.0	1.64 (.64)
	Male	50	45.0	1.49 (.64)
Child Ethnicity				F = .46, p = .72
	Hispanic	52	46.8	1.57 (.63)
	Caucasian	32	28.8	1.66 (.65)
	African American	18	16.2	1.50 (.66)
	Multiracial	9	8.1	1.42 (.46)
Child Buccal Telomere Length	1.57	.63	.17 – 3.00	--

Note. Household income is yearly income adjusted for cost of living. Child buccal telomere length is non-transformed values.