Table 1:
Description of pregnant women from the Fetal Growth Studies - Singleton included in the study (N= 1654).
| European American n = 608 | African American n = 623 | Hispanic American n = 552 | East Asian American n = 235 | P-value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal characteristics | mean | sd | mean | sd | mean | sd | mean | sd | |
| Maternal age, years | 30.4 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 5.3 | 27.0 | 5.5 | 30.7 | 4.6 | 1.4×10−74 |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m2 | 25.0 | 5.1 | 26.7 | 5.7 | 26.0 | 4.9 | 22.1 | 2.7 | 6.6×10−33 |
| Gestational age at enrollment, weeks | 12.5 | 1.0 | 12.5 | 1.1 | 12.9 | 0.9 | 12.9 | 0.8 | 1.7×10−17 |
| Cholesterol, mg/dL | 189.8 | 31.0 | 179.9 | 31.3 | 185.2 | 31.2 | 182.8 | 28.1 | 0.06 |
| HDL, mg/dL | 63.4 | 13.4 | 62.0 | 14.4 | 58.0 | 13.7 | 63.0 | 12.6 | 0.07 |
| LDL**, mg/dL | 102.3 | 27.3 | 97.0 | 27.0 | 99.1 | 25.5 | 91.4 | 24.0 | 0.96 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 120.4 | 46.5 | 105.2 | 38.3 | 141.1 | 55.0 | 142.2 | 55.3 | 4.9×10−11 |
*
P-values derived from analysis of variance or χ2 test comparing 4 groups.
**
3 women with missing LDL values (1 European American, 1 African American and 1 Hispanic American)
Abbreviations: HDL: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.