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Table 1 Participant Characteristics

From: Season and vitamin D status are independently associated with glucose homeostasis in pregnancy

  

Season at first antenatal visit

Characteristic

Total Group

(n = 334)

Winter

(n = 166)

Summer

(n = 168)

P a

Age (years)

33.0 (3.9)

32.8 (3.7)

33.2 (4.0)

0.409

Gestation at first antenatal visit (weeks)

12.8 (2.3)

12.7 (2.3)

12.9 (2.2)

0.556

BMI at first antenatal visit

 

 Mean (SD), (kg/m2)

26.3 (4.5)

26.3 (4.4)

26.2 (4.7)

0.948

 Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) [n (%)]

2 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

0.953

 Normal (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2) [n (%)]

153 (45.8)

78 (46.4)

75 (45.2)

 Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m2) [n (%)]

125 (37.4)

60 (35.7)

65 (39.2)

 Obese (BMI >30.0 kg/m2) [n (%)]

52 (15.6)

27 (16.1)

25 (15.1)

Smoking at baseline [n (%)]

7 (2.1)

4 (2.4)

3 (1.8)

0.697

Intervention group [n (%)]

171 (51.2)

84 (50.6)

87 (50.9)

0.829

Ethnicity: Caucasian [n (%)]

331 (99.1)

166 (100.0)

165 (98.2)

0.250

Achieved 3rd level education [n (%)]

177 (53.0)

87 (52.6)

90 (53.6)

0.940

Birth weight (g)

4065.9 (470.0)

4043.1 (434.4)

4088.4 (503.0)

0.382

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD) unless otherwise stated
  2. aComparison between winter and summer