TABLE 1.
Demographic information
| Maternal age (y), mean (SD) | 27.8 (5.5) |
| Maternal prepregnancy BMI, continuous | 27.4 (6.6) |
| Maternal prepregnancy BMI category, % | |
| Underweight | 3.2 |
| Normal weight | 44.7 |
| Overweight | 25.5 |
| Obesity | 25.5 |
| Maternal race/ethnicity, % | |
| White non‐Hispanic | 39.4 |
| White Hispanic | 34.0 |
| Asian | 7.5 |
| Other | 19.1 |
| Household highest level of maternal education, % | |
| High school or test equivalent | 22.2 |
| Vocational school or some college | 41.2 |
| Associate's degree | 5.8 |
| Bachelors or graduate level degree | 30.7 |
| Gross annual household income, % | |
| <$15,000 | 10.0 |
| $15,000–$29,999 | 20.0 |
| $30,000–$49,999 | 22.2 |
| $50,000–$100,000 | 40.0 |
| >$100,000 | 7.8 |
| Birth characteristics | |
| Gestational age at birth (N = 94) (wk), mean (SD) | 39.3 (1.5) |
| Weight at birth (g), mean (SD) | 3,347 (485) |
| Length at birth, (in), mean (SD) | 50.1 (2.7) |
| Infant MRI | |
| Postnatal age at scan (d), mean (SD) | 25.3 (12.5) |
| Weight at scan (kg), mean (SD) | 3.99 (0.65) |
| Childhood DXA | |
| Age at scan (n = 37) (y), mean (SD) | 4.7 (0.7) |
Note: Demographic information for the full sample (N = 94 mothers or the subset of n = 37 children with follow‐up DXA imaging) with available maternal sFFA and MRI measurements. There were no significant differences in key demographics between the full sample and the DXA subset.
Abbreviations: DXA, dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; sFFA, saturated free fatty acid.