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Table 1 Participants characteristics from the New Beginnings (2010) and Healthy Pregnancy (2016) Study Cohorts

From: A theory driven, pragmatic trial implementing changes to routine antenatal care that supports recommended pregnancy weight gain

Characteristic

 

Pre- implementation cohort (2010) n = 492

Post- implementation cohort (2016) n = 240

p value

Age (years)a

Mean ± s.d. (range)

30 ± 5.2

31 ± 5.4

 < 0.001

Parity n (%)b

Nulliparous

353 (60.5)

158 (55.4)

0.151

Education n(%)b

Year 12 or less

129 (22.2)

34 (11.9)

0.001

Trade/certificate/diploma

192 (33.0)

98 (34.3)

 

University degree

261 (44.8)

154 (53.8)

 

Household Income $Au

 < 50 000 pa

111 (19.1)

38 (13.4)

0.005

50- 100000pa

249 (42.9)

108 (38)

 

100 000 + pa

143 (24.6)

101 (35.6)

 

Employment n (%)b

Full time

274 (47.0)

149 (52.3)

0.304

Part time/casual

167 (28.6)

77 (27.0)

 

Not working

142 (24.4)

59 (20.7)

 

Language at home (%)b

English

502 (86.3)

233 (80.3)

0.024

Marital status n (%)b

Married/defacto

551 (94.5)

267 (93.7)

0.623

BMI (kg/m2)a

Mean ± s.d. (range)

24.3 ± 5.1

24.7 ± 4.6

0.236

Weight status n (%)(BMI kg/m2)

 < 18.5

39 (5.9)

25 (5.5)

0.525

18.5–24.9

403 (60.7)

257 (56.7)

 

25–29.9

141 (21.2)

107 (23.6)

 

 > 30.0

81 (122)

64 (14.1)

 

Overweight category n (%)

 > 25 kg/m2

222 (33.4)

170 (37.7)

0.144

Gestational age at first hospital visit

Weeks (s.d.)

16.7 (2.2)

16.9 (1.9)

0.093

Gestational age at delivery

Weeks (s.d.)

39.6 (1.6)

39.2 (1.9)

 < 0.01

Number of antenatal visits

2–4

14 (2.2)

4 (0.8)

0.004

5–7

67 (10.4)

27 (5.7)

 

8 or more

564 (87.4.4)

443 (93.5)

 
  1. at-test for comparison
  2. bPearson’s chi squared test for comparison