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Table 2 Participants’ characteristics

From: Socio-ecological determinants of lifestyle behavior of women with overweight or obesity before, during and after pregnancy: qualitative interview analysis in the Netherlands

Characteristic

n (%)

BMI category

 Overweight

8 (31%)

 Obesity

18 (69%)

Smoking

 Yes

4 (15%)

 No

22 (85%)

Ethnicity

 Western

24 (92%)

 Non-western

2 (8%)

Educational levela

 Low

2 (8%)

 Middle

13 (50%)

 High

11 (42%)

Marital status

 Not married

12 (46%)

 Married

14 (54%)

Parity

 0

8 (31%)

 1

14 (54%)

 2

2 (8%)

 3

2 (8%)

Pregnancy status

 Preconception

5 (19%)

 Pregnancy

12 (46%)

 < 26 weeks of gestational age

6 (23%)

 ≥ 26 weeks of gestational age

6 (23%)

 Postpartum

4 (15%)

 Postpartum & preconceptionb

5 (19%)

Pregnancy complicationc

 Yes

3 (33%)

 No

6 (66%)

  1. All data are presented as n (% of the whole group of participants)
  2. aEducational level was divided in low (completed primary school), middle (completed secondary school or secondary vocational education) and high (completed higher professional education or university)
  3. bThis group includes women who had a child younger than 1 year of age and were trying to conceive again
  4. cThese numbers and percentages are related to the women of the postpartum group