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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants, overall and by maternal prepartum CSI status

From: Prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and maternal prepartum inflammation in normal pregnancies: findings from a Chinese cohort

 

Total

(n = 5476)

Maternal prepartum CSIa

No (n = 5082)

Yes (n = 394)

P b

Maternal age, mean (SD)

30.4 (4.0)

30.5 (4.0)

29.9 (3.9)

0.006

Parity category, n (%)

 Nulliparous

2512 (45.9)

2303 (45.3)

209 (53.0)

 

 Primiparous

2819 (51.5)

2645 (52.0)

174 (44.2)

 

 Multiparous

145 (2.6)

134 (2.7)

11 (2.8)

0.010

pBMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

20.4 (2.5)

20.4 (2.5)

21.0 (3.0)

 < 0.001

pBMI category, n (%)

  < 18.5 kg/m2

1193 (21.8)

1123 (22.1)

70 (17.8)

 

 18.5 – 24.9 kg/m2

3986 (72.8)

3696 (72.7)

290 (73.6)

 

  ≥ 25 kg/m2

297 (5.4)

263 (5.2)

34 (8.6)

 < 0.001

tGWG (kg), mean (SD)

13.9 (4.0)

13.8 (3.9)

14.0 (4.2)

0.664

tGWG tertiles, n (%)

  < 12 kg

1579 (28.8)

1461 (28.8)

118 (30.0)

 

 12 – 14.9 kg

1705 (31.2)

1602 (31.5)

103 (26.1)

 

  ≥ 15 kg

2192 (40.0)

2019 (39.7)

173 (43.9)

0.075

Gestational length (weeks), mean (SD)

39.4 (0.9)

39.4 (0.9)

39.5 (0.9)

0.528

  1. aMaternal prepartum CSI was defined as maternal prepartum serum CRP concentration > 10 mg/L
  2. bP values were calculated by t-test for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables
  3. CRP C-reactive protein; CSI clinically significant inflammation; pBMI prepregnancy body mass index; SD standard deviation; tGWG total gestational weight gain