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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of sample by treatment arm (n = 1689)

From: The effectiveness of an online intervention in preventing excessive gestational weight gain: the e-moms roc randomized controlled trial

Characteristica

Placebo control

n = 563

Intervention

n = 1126

BMI Income Strata

n (%)

n (%)

 Normal Low Income

115 (20.4)

242 (21.5)

 Normal Not-Low Income

186 (33.0)

359 (31.9)

 Overweight + Obese Low Income

125 (22.2)

252 (22.4)

 Overweight + Obese Not-Low Income

137 (24.3)

273 (24.3)

Initial BMI (kg/m2)

  

 Median (25th, 75th percentile)

24.7 (21.9, 28.3)

24.7 (22.0, 28.6)

Age at entry

  

 18 to 24.99 y

167 (29.7)

358 (31.8)

 25 to 29.99 y

205 (36.4)

366 (32.5)

 30 to 34.99 y

191 (33.9)

402 (35.7)

Race and ethnicity

  

 Non-Hispanic white

340 (64.8)

667 (63.8)

 Non-Hispanic African American

111 (21.1)

246 (23.5)

 Hispanic/Latina

27 (5.1)

73 (7.0)

 Other

47 (9.0)

60 (5.7)

 Missing (n)

38

80

Parity

  

 Nulliparous

264 (47.1)

511(45.4)

 Primiparous

172 (30.7)

378 (33.6)

 Multiparous

125 (22.3)

236 (21.0)

 Missing (n)

2

1

Education

  

 High school or less

91 (20.2)

200 (22.5)

 Some college

133 (29.6)

258 (29.0)

 College graduate

113 (25.1)

213 (23.9)

 Graduate or professional degree

113 (25.1)

219 (24.6)

 Missing (n)

113

236

Smoked in pregnancy

  

 Yes

66 (12.6)

114 (11.0)

 No

457 (87.4)

923 (89.0)

 Missing (n)

40

89

Home internet use

  

 Most days/week

335 (71.7)

665 (72.0)

 A few times or less

132 (28.3)

259 (28.0)

 Missing (n)

96

202

  1. aTable entries are shown as frequency and percent of known values, n (%), unless specified differently. Subjects with missing values are shown in the missing row for each characteristic