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Table 1 Characteristics of the total population (n = 3510)

From: Gestational lipid profile as an early marker of metabolic syndrome in later life: a population-based prospective cohort study

Outcomes in pregnancy

Mean (SD) or Median (90% range)

Age mother, years

30.3 (4.8)

Gestational age at blood sampling, weeks

13.2 (10.5 to 17.1)

Non-European ethnicity, n (%)

1254 (35.7)

Low educational level, n (%)

317 (9.0)

Nulliparous, n (%)

2226 (63.4)

Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m2

22.7 (18.8 to 32.0)

Smoking during pregnancy, n (%)

947 (27.0)

No folic acid supplementation, n (%)

836 (23.8)

SBP in early pregnancy, mmHg

116.0 (12.4)

DBP in early pregnancy, mmHg

68.5 (9.6)

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.84 (0.88)

Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.26 (0.72 to 2.33)

LDL-c, mmol/L

2.43 (0.73)

HDL-c, mmol/L

1.79 (0.35)

Remnant cholesterol, mmol/L

0.57 (0.33 to 1.06)

Non-HDL-c, mmol/L

3.05 (0.84)

Glucose, mmol/L

4.38 (0.85)

Gestational age at birth, weeks

40.1 (36.9 to 42.1)

Birth weight, g

3414 (558)

Small-for-gestational age, n (%)

350 (10.0)

Spontaneous preterm birth, n (%)

125 (3.6)

Pre-eclampsia, n (%)

80 (2.4)

Six years after pregnancy

 Interval time, years

6.5 (6.2 to 7.8)

 Age mother, years

37.0 (4.8)

 Maternal BMI, kg/m2

24.4 (19.7 to 35.0)

 Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.87 (0.89)

 Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.14 (0.61 to 2.51)

 LDL-c, mmol/L

2.91 (0.78)

 HDL-c, mmol/L

1.37 (0.33)

 Remnant cholesterol, mmol/L

0.52 (0.28 to 1.13)

 Non-HDL-c, mmol/L

3.50 (0.89)

 Glucose, mmol/L

5.47 (0.99)

 Waist circumference, cm

82.8 (11.0)

 SBP, mmHg

119.2 (12.7)

 DBP, mmHg

70.6 (9.9)

 Metabolic syndrome, n (%)

350 (10.0)

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD), median (90% range) or number of subjects (valid percentage) depending on normal or skewed distributions. Covariates are imputed. Waist circumference was measured ten years after pregnancy. Abbreviations: SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; LDL-c, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-c, High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BMI, body mass index