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Table 1 Characteristics of the EDEN study population (n = 568)

From: Immediate and durable effects of maternal tobacco consumption alter placental DNA methylation in enhancer and imprinted gene-containing regions

Characteristics

All (n = 568), n (%)

Non-smoker (n = 381 (67%)), n (%)

Former smoker (n = 70 (12%)), n (%)

Current smoker (n = 117 (21%)), n (%)

p value*

Center

    

< 0.01

 Poitiers

231 (41)

140 (37)

25 (36)

66 (56)

 

 Nancy

337 (59)

241 (63)

45 (64)

51 (44)

 

Sex of offspring

    

0.24

 Male

293 (52)

206 (54)

33 (47)

54 (46)

 

 Female

275 (48)

175 (46)

37 (53)

63 (54)

 

Parity

    

0.71

 0

239 (42)

155 (41)

35 (50)

49 (42)

 

 1

226 (40)

156 (41)

24 (34)

46 (39)

 

 ≥ 2

102 (18)

69 (18)

11 (16)

22 (19)

 

 Missing

1 (0)

1 (0)

   

Maternal age at the end of education (years)

    

< 0.01

 ≤ 18

105 (18)

51 (13)

12 (17)

42 (36)

 

 19–20

89 (16)

58 (15)

11 (16)

20 (17)

 

 21–22

127 (22)

91 (24)

12 (17)

24 (21)

 

 23–24

134 (24)

105 (28)

14 (20)

15 (13)

 

 ≥ 25

113 (20)

76 (20)

21 (30)

16 (14)

 

Season of conception

    

0.50

 January to March

120 (21)

80 (21)

15 (21)

25 (21)

 

 April to June

129 (23)

89 (23)

19 (27)

21 (18)

 

 July to September

157 (28)

110 (29)

18 (26)

29 (25)

 

 October to December

162 (29)

102 (27)

18 (26)

42 (36)

 

Pre-pregnancy body mass index (kg/m2)

    

0.08

 < 18.5

47 (8)

26 (7)

5 (7)

16 (14)

 

 18.5–25

385 (68)

258 (68)

52 (74)

75 (64)

 

 25–30

94 (17)

65 (17)

12 (17)

17 (15)

 

 ≥ 30

34 (6)

25 (7)

 

9 (8)

 

 Missing

8 (1)

7 (2)

1 (1)

  

Preterm births

30 (5)

20 (5)

4 (6)

6 (5)

0.98

Paternal smoking at conception

    

< 0.01

 No

265 (46.7)

233 (61.2)

17 (24.6)

15 (12.8)

 

 Yes

220 (38.8)

100 (26.2)

41 (59.4)

79 (67.5)

 

 Missing

82 (14.5)

48 (12.6)

11 (15.9)

23 (19.7)

 

Paternal smoking during pregnancy

    

< 0.01

 No

285 (50)

247 (65)

24 (34)

14 (12)

 

 Yes

206 (36)

91 (24)

36 (51)

79 (68)

 

 Missing

77 (14)

43 (11)

10 (14)

24 (21)

 

Maternal passive smoking during pregnancy

    

< 0.01

 No

365 (64)

300 (78.7)

45 (64.3)

20 (17.1)

 

 Yes

158 (28)

51 (13.4)

18 (25.7)

89 (76.1)

 

 Missing/intermittently exposed

45 (8)

30 (7.9)

7 (10.0)

8 (6.8)

 
 

Continuous covariates

 

Median [IQR]

Median [IQR]

Median [IQR]

Median [IQR]

Maternal age (years)

29 [26, 32]

30 [27, 33]

28 [26, 32]

27 [24, 31]

< 0.01

Gestational duration (weeks)

40 [39, 41]

40 [39, 41]

40 [39, 41]

40 [39, 41]

0.23

Birthweight (g)

3330 [3030, 3630]

3360 [3070, 3670]

3330 [3070, 3657]

3230 [2920, 3420]

< 0.01

Estimated cellular heterogeneity

 1st covariate

0.14 [0.05, 0.22]

0.14 [0.04, 0.22]

0.12 [0.03, 0.21]

0.15 [0.09, 0.22]

0.10

 2nd covariate

0.15 [0.06, 0.24]

0.15 [0.06, 0.24]

0.17 [0.09, 0.25]

0.15 [0.05, 0.25]

0.57

 3rd covariate

0.34 [0.17, 0.46]

0.35 [0.17, 0.47]

0.33 [0.18, 0.42]

0.31 [0.17, 0.46]

0.54

 4th covariate

0.11 [0.06, 0.18]

0.10 [0.05, 0.16]

0.13 [0.08, 0.19]

0.13 [0.07, 0.19]

0.01

 5th covariate

0.06 [0.01, 0.12]

0.06 [0.01, 0.12]

0.06 [0.00, 0.10]

0.09 [0.03, 0.13]

0.05

 6th covariate

0.11 [0.04, 0.21]

0.11 [0.05, 0.24]

0.11 [0.05, 0.22]

0.09 [0.04, 0.16]

0.11

  1. *Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous covariates and chi-square test for categorical covariates