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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics by Treatment Group

From: Mood and quality of life changes in pregnancy and postpartum and the effect of a behavioral intervention targeting excess gestational weight gain in women with overweight and obesity: a parallel-arm randomized controlled pilot trial

Characteristic

Usual Care (n = 17)

SmartMoms® Intervention (n = 37)

All (n = 54)

p between groups

Gestational age, wks

9.6 ± 1.0

10.2 ± 1.2

10.0 ± 1.2

0.06

Age, y

29.5 ± 5.1

29.1 ± 4.4

29.2 ± 4.6

0.78

Race

   

0.25

 Black

6 (35.3%)

7 (18.9%)

13 (24.1%)

 

 White

11 (64.7%)

27 (73.0%)

38 (70.4%)

 

 Other

0 (0%)

3 (8.1%)

3 (5.6%)

 

Parity

0.6 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 1.0

0.8 ± 0.8

0.34

Weight, kg

86.2 ± 12.1

82.0 ± 12.0

83.3 ± 12.1

0.24

Enrollment BMI

31.1 ± 3.7

31.0 ± 4.2

31.0 ± 4.0

0.96

Enrollment BMI Group

   

0.51

 Overweight, 25.0–29.9 kg/m2

9 (52.9%)

16 (43.24%)

25 (46.3%)

 

 Obese, 30.0–40.0 kg/m2

8 (47.1%)

21 (56.8%)

29 (53.7%)

 

Total Household Income, per year

   

0.92

  < $5000–$39,999

7 (41.2%)

16 (43.2%)

23 (42.6%)

 

 $40,000–$99,999

5 (29.4%)

12 (32.4%)

17 (31.5%)

 

 $100,000 and above

5 (29.4%)

9 (24.3%)

14 (25.9%)

 

Education

   

0.26

 Some high school

0 (0%)

1 (2.7%)

1 (1.9%)

 

 High school diploma/GED/1-3y college, business or technical school

7 (41.2%)

11 (29.7%)

18 (33.3%)

 

 College degree

4 (23.5%)

18 (48.7%)

22 (40.7%)

 

 Post graduate education

6 (35.3%)

7 (18.9%)

13 (24.1%)

 

Socioeconomic Composite Factor

0.1 ± 1.0

−0.1 ± 1.0

0 ± 1.0

0.47

Poverty to Income Ratio

3.9 ± 2.8

3.5 ± 2.8

3.6 ± 2.8

0.70

  1. Continuous values are displayed as mean ± SD and categorical variables as frequency (%). Socioeconomic composite factor is a standardized z score that incorporates income and education and controls for race. P values were derived from ANOVA for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables