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Table 1 Characteristics of mother and offspring in the cohorts

From: The mediating effect of DNA methylation in the association between maternal sleep during pregnancy and offspring adiposity status: a prospective cohort study

 

Cohorts of Shanghai key laboratory

Overall (N = 2211)

SBC (N = 1957)

SSBC (N = 254)

Mean ± SD/n (%)

Mean ± SD/n (%)

Mean ± SD/n (%)

Mother

Age at delivery (years)

28.54 ± 3.54

28.42 ± 3.57

29.47 ± 3.16

Education level

 High school or below

182 (8.2)

159 (8.1)

23 (9.1)

 College or above

2029 (91.8)

1798 (91.9)

231 (90.9)

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

 < 18.5

360 (16.3)

312 (15.9)

48 (18.9)

 18.5–25

1625 (73.5)

1465 (74.9)

160 (63.0)

 ≥ 25

226 (10.2)

180 (9.2)

46 (18.1)

Gestational weight gain

 Inadequate

394 (17.8)

368 (18.8)

26 (10.2)

 Adequate

875 (39.6)

763 (39.0)

112 (44.1)

 Excessive

942 (42.6)

826 (42.2)

116 (45.7)

Nighttime sleep duration (h)

9.24 ± 1.13

9.22 ± 1.12

9.44 ± 1.16

Sleep quality

 Good

1668 (75.5)

1494 (76.4)

174 (68.8)

 Poor

541 (24.5)

462 (23.6)

79 (31.2)

Sleep midpoint

3.02 ± 0.82

3.00 ± 0.82

3.21 ± 0.80

Offspring

Sex

 Boy

1137 (51.4)

1007 (51.5)

130 (51.2)

 Girl

1074 (48.6)

950 (48.5)

124 (48.8)

BMI at 24 months (kg/m2)

16.52 ± 1.39

16.57 ± 1.39

16.03 ± 1.32

SF at 24 months (mm)

21.27 ± 4.17

20.40 ± 3.06

27.27 ± 5.63

  1. BMI body mass index; SF subcutaneous fat; SBC Shanghai birth cohort; SSBC Shanghai sleep birth cohort