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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the 681 mother-father-newborn trios

From: Maternal prenatal cholesterol levels predict offspring weight trajectories during childhood in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study

 

Mothers

na

Fathers

na

Newborns

na

Age (years), mean (SD)

31.7 (4.5)

681

34.8 (6.1)

681

0

681

BMIb(kg/m2), mean (SD)

25.2 (5.0)

669

27.0 (3.9)

663

  

Gestational weight gain (kg), mean (SD)

14.4 (6.3)

586

    

Education (years), n (%)

 

661

 

653

  

 < 12

46 (7.0)

 

58 (8.9)

   

 12

168 (25.4)

 

231 (35.4)

   

 13–16

274 (41.5)

 

202 (30.9)

   

 ≥ 17

173 (26.2)

 

162 (24.8)

   

Smoking during pregnancy, n (%)

50 (7.4)

680

108 (16.0)

676

  

Female, n (%)

    

342 (50.2)

681

Gestational age (weeks), median (IQR)

    

40 (39–40)

681

Ponderal indexc (g/cm3), mean (SD)

    

2.8 (0.3)

635

Lipid-lowering treatmentd, n (%)

0

681

305 (44.8)

681

  

TC (mmol/l), mean (SD)

5.5 (1.3)

679

3.8 (0.9)

680

1.4 (0.5)

676

LDL-C (mmol/l), mean (SD)

2.0 (0.7)

679

1.5 (0.5)

680

0.3 (0.2)

676

HDL-C (mmol/l), mean (SD)

1.8 (0.3)

679

1.1 (0.2)

680

0.8 (0.2)

676

TG (mmol/l), median (IQR)

1.4 (1.0–1.7)

679

1.1 (0.9–1.5)

680

0.3 (0.3–0.4)

676

apoB (g/l), mean (SD)

1.0 (0.3)

679

0.8 (0.2)

680

0.3 (0.1)

676

apoA1 (g/l), mean (SD)

1.8 (0.2)

679

1.3 (0.1)

680

0.9 (1.1)

676

apoB/apoA1 (ratio), mean (SD)

0.6 (0.1)

679

0.6 (0.1)

680

0.4 (0.1)

676

Glucose (mmol/l), mean (SD)

3.5 (0.7)

678

3.8 (1.4)

676

1.2 (1.5)

592

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, IQR interquartile range, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides, apo apolipoprotein
  2. aIncludes first pregnancy only (n = 32 mothers in our sample contributed with two pregnancies, yielding a total of n = 713 pregnancies); bpre-pregnancy for mothers, prenatal for fathers (around gestational week 17); cat birth; dat the time of blood sampling