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Table 1 Maternal and children characteristics of the UPBEAT participants at 3 years follow – up visit

From: Associations between maternal diet, family eating habits and preschool children’s dietary patterns: insights from the UPBEAT trial

Mother’s characteristics (n = 485)

 
 

Mean (SDa)

Age at baseline, years

31.2 (5.2)

BMIb, kg/m2 3 years

36.5 (6.0)

Years in full-time education

15.1 (2.8)

 

n (%)

Intervention Group

236 (49)

Ethnicity

White

329 (68)

 

Black

112 (23)

 

Asian

21 (4)

Other

23 (5)

BMI, category at 3 y postpartum

n (%)

 

Normal weight (18.5 < BMI < 24.9 kg/m2)

3 (1)

 

Overweight (25.0 < BMI < 29.9 kg/m2)

51 (10)

 

Type I obesity (30.0 < BMI < 34.9 kg/m2)

169 (35)

 

Type II obesity (35.0 < BMI < 39.9 kg/m2)

136 (28)

 

Type III obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2)

126 (26)

Parity: child born to mother as result of first delivery

243 (50)

Gestational diabetes

117 (26)

Education attainment c

Low

129 (27)

Medium

134 (28)

High

222 (46)

Indices of multiple deprivation d

(Least) 1

30 (6)

 

2

31 (7)

 

3

57 (12)

 

4

174 (37)

 

(Most) 5

181 (38)

Children’s characteristics (n = 488)

 
 

Mean (SDa)

Age, months

41.8 (3.4)

 

n (%)

Sex, Female

241 (50)

Born large for gestational age

60 (12.4)

Gender-specific cut-off BMIb categories at 3 years

 
 

Underweight (< 18.5 Kg/m2)

15 (3)

 

Healthy (18.5–24.9 Kg/m2)

298 (63)

 

Overweight (25.0–29.9 Kg/m2)

122 (26)

 

Obesity (30.0–34.9 Kg/m2)

14 (3)

 

Morbid obesity (≥ 35.0 Kg/m2)

26 (5)

  1. aSD standard deviation; bBody Mass Index; cBMI categories according to the International Obesity Task Force; dEnglish Indices of Multiple Deprivation and adjusted Scottish quintiles (deprived for the two top quintiles, versus non-deprived)