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Table 1 Cord blood glucocorticoids and other characteristics of 286 participants with 3-year blood pressure.

From: Association between umbilical cord glucocorticoids and blood pressure at age 3 years

Maternal characteristics at enrollment

  
 

n

Mean (SD) or %

   Age (years)

286

32.2 (4.9)

   Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

284

24.6 (5.1)

   Race/ethnicity (%)

  

White

204

71%

Black

31

11%

Hispanic

20

7%

Asian

13

5%

Other

18

6%

   Marital status (%)

  

Married

238

83%

Partner

26

9%

Other

22

8%

   Education (%)

  

High school or less

17

6%

Less than 4 years of college

73

26%

4 years of college

100

35%

Graduate degree

96

34%

   Annual household income (%)

  

<$20 000

3

1%

$20 000–$40 000

30

10%

$40 000–$70 000

65

23%

>$70 000

173

61%

Missing

15

5%

   Smoked 3 months prior to pregnancy (%)

23

8%

   Pregnancy weight gain (kg)

283

15.6 (5.5)

   3rd trimester systolic BP (mm Hg)

285

110.9 (8.3)

   Spontaneous delivery (vs induced)

186

65%

   Caesarean section (vs vaginal delivery)

47

16%

Child characteristics

  

   Male (%)

146

51%

   Birth weight (g)

286

3545 (501)

   Birth weight for gestational age z-value (units)

286

0.2 (0.9)

   Gestational age (weeks)

286

39.7 (1.3)

   Cortisol (nmol/liter)

286

343.9 (209.3)

   Cortisone (nmol/liter)

286

242.7 (81.3)

   Cortisol/cortisone ratio (units)

286

1.4 (0.6)

   Systolic BP at age 3 years (mm Hg)

286

93.3 (10.2)

   Diastolic BP at age 3 years (mm Hg)

286

58.9 (8.0)

   Weight at age 3 years (kg)

286

15.8 (2.6)

   Height at age 3 years (cm)

286

97.6 (4.6)

  1. BP, blood pressure.