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Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects

From: Maternal and cord blood adiponectin levels in relation to post-natal body size in infants in the first year of life: a prospective study

Variables

Mean ± SD/Median (IQR)

Maternal variables

 

 Age at enrolment (year)

27.3 ± 4.2

 Pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

19.8 (2.9)

 Weight gain during pregnancy (kg)

15.0 (6.0)

 Caesarean section (%)

47.9

 Education (%)

 

  Junior high school or less

41.2

  Senior middle school

32.4

  High school or above

26.6

 Parity (%)

 

  1

61.7

  2

28.4

  3

9.9

 History of miscarriage (%)

 

  0

84.4

  1

11.1

   ≥ 2

4.5

 Maternal serum adiponectin (μg/ml)

6.9 (5.3)

Newborn/infant variables

 

 Male (%)

52.2

 Length of gestation (weeks)

39 (2)

 Birth weight (g)

3250 (480)

 Birth length (cm)

50.0 (1.0)

 Birth BMI (kg/m2)

13.1 ± 1.2

 Cord adiponectin (μg/ml)

39.6 (20.1)

  1. BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation; IQR: inter-quartile range