Table 1 Sociodemographic and pregnancy-related characteristics

Age

30.5 (4.14)

30.0 (4.04)

30.8 (4.20)

0,761

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Relationship status

0,419

Married/in relationship

333 (97.1)

145 (96.7)

188 (97.4)

Single

10 (2.9)

5 (3.3)

5 (2.6)

Employment status

0,598

Employed

307 (89.5)

135 (90)

172 (89.1)

Not employed/on benefits

36 (10.5)

15 (10)

21 (10.9)

Employment status partner

0,032

Employed

325 (97.6)

143 (98.6)

182 (96.8)

Not employed/on benefits

8 (2.4)

2 (1.4)

6 (3.2)

Education^a

0,004

High

258 (75)

107 (71.3)

151 (78.2)

Low

85 (25)

43 (28.7)

42 (21.8)

Ethnicity

0,172

No migration background

280 (81.7)

120 (80)

160 (82.9)

Migration background

63 (18.3)

30 (20)

33 (17.1)

Primiparous

< 0,001

Yes

217 (63.3)

84 (56)

133 (69.3)

No

126 (36.7)

66 (44)

59 (30.7)

Pre-pregnancy BMI

< 0,001

< 30 Kg/m2

296 (88.1)

121 (81.8)

175 (93.1)

≥ 30 Kg/m2

40 (11.9)

27 (18.2)

13 (6.9)

Gestational age

0,644

≤ 12 Weeks

72 (21)

27 (18.1)

45 (23.3)

13–24 Weeks

111 (32.4)

48 (32.2)

63 (32.6)

> 24 Weeks

159 (46.6)

74 (49.7)

85 (44)

Planned pregnancy

< 0,001

Yes

313 (91.3)

131 (87.3)

182 (94.3)

No

30 (8.7)

19 (12.7)

11 (5.7)

Time to conception

0,034

≤ 1 Year

299 (87.2)

134 (89.3)

165 (85.5)

> 1 Year

44 (12.8)

16 (10.7)

28 (14.5)

Natural conception

0,751

Yes

310 (90.4)

136 (90.7)

174 (90.2)

No

33 (9.6)

14 (9.3)

19 (9.8)

Complications

current pregnancy^b

0,066

Yes

123 (35.9)

58 (38.7)

65 (33.7)

No

220 (64.1)

92 (61.3)

128 (66.3)

Complications

previous pregnancy^b

0,009

Yes

54 (43.7)

28 (42.4)

26 (44)

No

71 (56.3)

38 (57.8)

33 (56)

Received/inquired info on lifestyle during pregnancy^c

< 0,001

Yes

289 (84.3)

119 (79.3)

170 (88.1)

No

54 (15.7)

31 (20.7)

23 (11.9)