Table I.
Characteristics | NBW (n = 1590) | HBW (n = 209) | P value |
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Mother | |||
Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m2 | 26.44 ± 6.51 | 28.83 ± 7.46 | <.001 |
Gestational weight gain, kg | 13.70 ± 6.09 | 15.69 ± 6.94 | <.001 |
Age, y | 29.70 ± 5.36 | 30.11 ± 4.91 | .29 |
Primiparous, % | 29.8 | 20.9 | <.01 |
Prenatal smoking, % | 7.4 | 2.4 | <.01 |
<185% PIR, % | 36.7 | 35.4 | .93 |
Caucasian, % | 86.6 | 91.4 | <.001 |
Cesarean delivery, % | 27.8 | 37.3 | <.01 |
Gestational diabetes, % | 6.5 | 7.8 | .77 |
Infant | |||
Birth weight, g | 3379.15 ± 357.10 | 4267.91 ± 222.73 | <.001 |
Infant sex, % male | 47.8 | 62.2 | <.001 |
Gestational age, wk | 39.26 ± 1.23 | 39.99 ± 1.02 | <.001 |
PIR, poverty-to-income ratio.