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Table 1 Baseline characteristics: women who used pregnancy record booklet versus all women who received booklet

From: Assessing use of a printed lifestyle intervention tool by women with borderline gestational diabetes and their achievement of diet and exercise goals: a descriptive study

Characteristics

Women who returned booklets and used at least once (n = 56)

Women who received booklets (n = 358)

Maternal age (years)a

31.3 (4.5)

30.6 (5.1)

Primiparity

37 (66.1)

181 (50.6)

BMI Category

  

  -Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2)

3 (5.7)

8 (2.3)

  -Normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2)

30 (56.6)

182 (52.6)

  -Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2)

15 (28.3)

87 (25.1)

  -Obese (≥30 kg/m2)

5 (9.4)

69 (19.9)

Race

  

  -White

43 (76.8)

265 (74.0)

  -Asian

12 (21.4)

58 (16.2)

  -Other

1 (1.8)

35 (9.8)

Smoker

5 (9.1)

59 (16.9)

Family history of diabetes

29 (51.8)

133 (37.5)

Family history of hypertension

29 (51.8)

130 (36.8)

Socioeconomic statusb

  

  -Most disadvantaged

7 (12.5)

78 (21.8)

  -Disadvantaged

10 (17.9)

56 (15.6)

  -Average

15 (26.8)

72 (20.1)

  -Advantaged

14 (25.0)

83 (23.2)

  -Most advantaged

10 (17.9)

69 (19.3)

  1. Figures are number and percentage
  2. BMI body mass index
  3. aMean and standard deviation
  4. bAs measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas [29]