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Table 2 Participant demographic characteristics.

From: Overweight and obesity knowledge prior to pregnancy: a survey study

 

BMI < 25.0

BMI ≥ 25.0

P-value

N

257

111

 

Age

31.6 ± 4.9

31.4 ± 5.9

0.75

Nulliparous (%)

48.8

41.7

0.40

Gestation (weeks)

19.1 ± 6.0

20.0 ± 6.6

0.18

Pregnancy planned (%)

65.3

66.1

0.88

Prepregnancy health check (%)

47.5

43.5

0.47

Periconception folic acid supplements (%)

41.1

45.2

0.46

Tertiary degree (%)

61.5

62.6

0.84

Public hospital patient (%)

57.0

67.0

0.07

Born in Australia (%)

74.2

78.3

0.40

Smoking (%)

21.1

20.0

0.80

Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

21.1 ± 2.2

30.9 ± 5.7

< 0.0001

  1. Students t-test was used to compare between the groups for continuous variables and Chi2 for categorical variables.