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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Mighty Mums – a lifestyle intervention at primary care level reduces gestational weight gain in women with obesity

Variable

Intention-to-treat population

Per-protocol population

 

Intervention

Mean (SD)

Median (range)

(n = 438)

Controls

Mean (SD)

Median (range)

(n = 871)

Intervention

Mean (SD)

Median (range)

(n = 116)

Control

Mean (SD)

Median (range)

(n = 845)

Weeks pregnant at first pregnancy visit

8.6 (2.5)

8.2 (3–20)

7.9 (2.3)

7.9 (5–18)

8.3 (2.1)

7.9 (4–15)

7.9 (2.3)

7.7 (5–18)

Age, years

30.9 (5.5)

30.5 (18.2–47.4)

30.7 (5.1)

30.4 (17.6–46.1)

30.7 (5.4)30.1 (20.7–47.4)

30.7 (5.1)

30.3 (17.6–46.1)

Weight at first pregnancy visit, transformed

to week 15, kg

94.0 (13.9)

92.0 (63.0–152.0)

93.4 (11.5)

92.0 (69.0–153.0)

94.1 (14.7)

91.0 (67.0–152.0)

93.3 (11.3)

92.0 (69.0–144.0)

Height at first pregnancy visit, cm

165.8 (7.5)

165.0 (133.0–187.0)

n = 437

166.4 (6.2)

166.0 (148.0–185.0)

165.8 (7.2)

165.0 (148.0–180.0)

166.4 (6.2)

166.0 (148.0–185.0)

BMI at first pregnancy visit, transformed to week 15

34.1 (4.0)

33.3 (27.7–57.2)

n = 437

33.7 (3.2)

32.8 (29.7–50.0)

34.1 (3.7)

33.1 (29.3–49.6)

33.6 (3.1)

32.8 (29.7–47.0)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Overweight

BMI < 30.0a

28 (6.4)

5 (0.6)

6 (5.2)

5 (0.6)

Obese Class I

BMI 30.0–34.9

271 (62.0)

611 (70.1)

74 (63.8)

596 (70.5)

Obese Class II

BMI 35.0–39.9

98 (22.4)

210 (24.1)

25 (21.6)

204 (24.1)

Obese Class III

BMI ≥40

40 (9.2)

45 (5.2)

11 (9.5)

40 (4.7)

Primipara

204 (46.6)

338 (38.8)

63 (54.3)

326 (38.6)

Born outside Sweden

131 (29.9)

92 (10.6)

35 (30.2)

89 (10.5)

Use of translator

46 (10.5)

17 (2.0)

14 (12.1)

17 (2.0)

Education

≤12 yearsb

269 (61.6)

564 (64.8)

68 (58.6)

545 (64.6)

Other than

employedc

151 (34.5)

194 (22.3)

43 (37.1)

187 (22.2)

Use of nicotine

33 (7.5)

79 (11.0)

8 (6.9)

77 (11.1)

  1. Values represent mean (SD) and median (range) for continuous variables, and n (%) for categorical variables
  2. aDue to clinical routines, BMI has been rounded off and some women having a true BMI less than 30 have been included, n = 37
  3. bBelow university studies
  4. cBeing subsidised by parental leave, unemployment benefits, student loans, or social security