Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of enrolled women at first and second randomisation
| Characteristics at enrolment | First randomisation | Second randomisation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preconception interventions (n=6722) | No preconception interventions (n=6778) | Preconception, pregnancy, and early childhood interventions (group A, n=1326) | Preconception interventions only (group B, n=1326) | Pregnancy and early childhood interventions only (group C, n=1134) | Control (group D, n=1135) | ||
| Age of women (years), mean (SD) | 24.2 (3.1) | 24.2 (3.1) | 24.5 (3.1) | 24.5 (3.0) | 24.5 (3.1) | 24.6 (3.1) | |
| Height of women (cm), mean (SD) | 152.2 (5.7) | 152.2 (5.6) | 152.1 (5.7) | 152.1 (5.6) | 152.6 (5.6) | 152.1 (5.6) | |
| Height <150 (cm) | 2340 (34.8) | 2357 (34.8) | 465 (35.1) | 463 (34.9) | 381 (33.6) | 384 (33.8) | |
| Body mass index | |||||||
| ≥25 | 1798 (26.8) | 1813 (26.8) | 321 (24.2) | 345 (26.0) | 274 (24.2) | 295 (26.0) | |
| 18.5-24.99 | 3774 (56.1) | 3841 (56.7) | 811 (61.2) | 806 (60.8) | 687 (60.6) | 652 (57.4) | |
| <18.5 | 1150 (17.1) | 1124 (16.6) | 194 (14.6) | 175 (13.2) | 173 (15.3) | 188 (16.6) | |
| Joint or extended family* | 3922 (58.6)† | 3907 (57.6) | 884 (66.7) | 861 (65.0) | 752 (66.3) | 717 (63.2) | |
| Women schooling ≥12 years | 3286 (49.1)† | 3444 (50.8) | 664 (50.1) | 648 (48.9) | 586 (51.7) | 575 (50.7) | |
| Homemaker | 6328 (94.6)† | 6421 (94.7) | 1260 (95.0) | 1254 (94.6) | 1082 (95.4) | 1097 (96.7) | |
| Family has below poverty line card | 129 (1.9)† | 357 (5.3) | 27 (2.0) | 30 (2.3) | 57 (5.0) | 72 (6.3) | |
| Family covered by health insurance scheme | 555 (8.3)† | 975 (14.4) | 90 (6.8) | 122 (9.2) | 171 (15.1) | 169 (14.9) | |
| Place of birth‡ | |||||||
| Large hospital | — | — | 923 (69.6) | 442 (33.3) | 762 (67.2) | 402 (35.4) | |
| Small hospital or birthing centre | — | — | 335 (25.3) | 729 (55.0) | 293 (25.8) | 611 (53.8) | |
| Home birth | — | — | 45 (3.4) | 116 (8.8) | 44 (3.9) | 95 (8.4) | |
Data are numbers (%) unless indicated otherwise.
SD=standard deviation.
*
Joint or extended family: adult relatives other than enrolled woman’s husband and children living together in household.
†
Information missing for 32 participants.
‡
Information missing for 23 participants in group A, 39 in group B, 35 in group C, and 27 in group D because they had an abortion.