Table 1 Maternal and childhood characteristics
Pregnancy | n = 2692 |
Maternal age (years) | 30.3 (4.9) |
Gestational age at blood sampling (weeks) | 13.2 (10.6; 17.1) |
Non-European ethnicity, n (%) | 988 (36.7) |
Education level, n (%) | |
 None/primary school | 245 (9.1) |
 Secondary school | 1163 (43.2) |
 Higher education | 1284 (47.7) |
Nulliparous, n (%) | 1676 (62.3) |
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | 22.9 (18.8; 32.0) |
 Normal or underweight, n (%) | 1895 (70.4) |
 Overweight, n (%) | 582 (21.6) |
 Obesity, n (%) | 215 (8.0) |
Smoking during pregnancy, n (%) | 715 (26.6) |
Diet score pregnancy | 7.7 (4.9; 10.2) |
Gestational age at birth (weeks) | 40.1 (37.1; 42.0) |
Birth weight (g) | 3435 (545) |
Small-for-gestational age, n (%) | 268 (10.0) |
Spontaneous preterm birth, n (%) | 88 (3.3) |
Pre-eclampsia, n (%) | 54 (2.1) |
Male sex of child, n (%) | 1361 (50.6) |
Follow-up 6 years after pregnancy | n = 2692 |
Maternal age (years) | 37.0 (4.8) |
Primigravid, n (%) | 188 (9.4) |
Maternal BMI (kg/m2) | 24.6 (19.8; 35.4) |
 Normal or underweight, n (%) | 1400 (53.4) |
 Overweight, n (%) | 792 (30.2) |
 Obesity, n (%) | 432 (16.5) |
Smoking, n (%) | 361 (18.4) |
Age of child (years) | 6.2 (0.6) |
BMI child (kg/m2) | 15.9 (14.0; 19.4) |
 Normal or underweight, n (%) | 2221 (82.5) |
 Overweight, n (%) | 360 (13.4) |
 Obesity, n (%) | 111 (4.1) |
LDL-c of child ≥3.5 mmol/L | 100 (3.7) |
Follow-up 10 years after pregnancy | n = 1673 |
Maternal age (years) | 41.1 (4.6) |
Primigravid, n (%) | 104 (6.9) |
Maternal BMI (kg/m2) | 24.7 (20.0; 35.1) |
 Normal or underweight, n (%) | 864 (53.4) |
 Overweight, n (%) | 478 (29.5) |
 Obesity, n (%) | 276 (17.1) |
Age of child (years) | 9.8 (0.3) |
BMI child (kg/m2) | 16.9 (14.4; 22.9) |
 Normal or underweight, n (%) | 1375 (82.3) |
 Overweight, n (%) | 237 (14.2) |
 Obesity, n (%) | 58 (3.5) |
LDL-c of child ≥3.5 mmol/L | 47 (2.8) |