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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics at trial entry

From: The effects of antenatal dietary and lifestyle advice for women who are overweight or obese on maternal diet and physical activity: the LIMIT randomised trial

Characteristic

Lifestyle advice (n = 974)

Standard care (n = 950)

Total (n = 1924)

Maternal age, yearsa

29.4 ± 5.4

29.6 ± 5.4

29.5 ± 5.4

Gestational age at entry, weeksb

14.3 (12.0 to 17.0)

14.3 (12.0 to 17.1)

14.3 (12.0 to 17.1)

Body mass index category, n (%)

   

25.0 to 29.9

410 (42.1)

421 (44.3)

831 (43.2)

30.0 to 34.9

282 (29.0)

268 (28.2)

550 (28.6)

35.0 to 39.9

180 (18.5)

155 (16.3)

335 (17.4)

≥40.0

102 (10.5)

106 (11.2)

208 (10.8)

Public patient, n (%)

954 (97.9)

927 (97.6)

1881 (97.8)

Caucasian, n (%)

883 (90.7)

866 (91.2)

1749 (90.9)

Smoker, n (%)

124 (12.7)

97 (10.2)

221 (11.5)

Nulliparous, n (%)

410 (42.1)

385 (40.5)

795 (41.3)

Index of Socio-economic Disadvantage, n(%)c

   

Unknown

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

Quintile 1 (most disadvantaged)

296 (30.4)

274 (28.8)

570 (29.6)

Quintile 2

231 (23.7)

236 (24.8)

467 (24.3)

Quintile 3

157 (16.1)

143 (15.1)

300 (15.6)

Quintile 4

138 (14.2)

151 (15.9)

289 (15.0)

Quintile 5 (least disadvantaged)

150 (15.4)

145 (15.3)

295 (15.3)

  1. aMean ± standard deviation.
  2. bMedian (interquartile range).
  3. cIndex of Socio-economic - disadvantage as measured by SEIFA (socioeconomic indexes for areas [57]).