Table 3 Descriptive statistics for confounders and covariates
|  | MetS classification (n = 537) | No MetS classification (n = 10,495) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD)/N (%) | Range | Mean (SD)/N (%) | Range | |
Confounders | ||||
Maternal age | 29.33 (5.86) | 16–45 | 27.14 (5.55) | 15–49 |
Maternal education | ||||
  ≥ A’ levels | 146 (29.7%) |  | 3887 (44.2%) |  |
  < A’ levels | 345 (70.3%) |  | 4898 (55.8%) |  |
Maternal alcohol history | ||||
 Yes | 180 (33.5%) |  | 2915 (30.6%) |  |
 No | 357 (66.5%) |  | 6615 (69.4%) |  |
Maternal smoking history | ||||
 Yes | 114 (21.2%) |  | 1546 (16.2%) |  |
 No | 423 (78.8%) |  | 7992 (83.3%) |  |
Index of multiple deprivation | ||||
 80–100% | 384 (71.5%) |  | 6276 (65.7%) |  |
 60–80% | 85 (15.8%) |  | 1739 (18.2%) |  |
 40–60% | 46 (8.6%) |  | 1083 (11.3%) |  |
 20–40% | 16 (2.9%) |  | 280 (2.9%) |  |
 0–20% | 6 (1.2%) |  | 172 (1.9%) |  |
Covariates | ||||
Maternal ethnicity | ||||
 White British | 310 (52.1%) |  | 5229 (47.6%) |  |
 Pakistani | 225 (37.8%) |  | 4309 (39.2%) |  |
 Others | 60 (10.1%) |  | 1455 (13.2%) |  |
Child sex | ||||
 Male | 274 (51.0%) |  | 5087 (48.5%) |  |
 Female | 263 (48.9%) |  | 5407 (51.5%) |  |
Child gestational age (weeks) | 38.7 (2.02) | 27–42 | 39.1 (1.82) | 25–44 |
Child birthweight (kg) | 3.31 (0.67) | 0.67–5.7 | 3.21 (0.56) | 0.48–5.32 |