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Table 1 Sample characteristics of Pregnancy Eating Attributes Study (PEAS) and Sprouts participants

From: Prospective associations of infant food exposures and appetitive traits with early childhood diet quality

 

PEAS (n = 321)*

Sprouts (n = 184)*

Mean ± SD or N (%)

Mean ± SD or N (%)

Age at baseline (years)

30.7 ± 4.5

31.0 ± 4.3

Household poverty-income ratio

4.0 ± 2.0

4.1 ± 1.9

Marital status

 Married/living with partner

271 (92.1)

162 (92.6)

 Divorced/widowed/separated/single

26 (7.9)

13 (7.4)

Education

 High school graduate or less

24 (15.0)

9 (5.1)

 Some college or associate’s degree

53 (16.5)

37 (21.1)

 Bachelor’s degree

88 (27.4)

51 (29.1)

 Master’s/advanced degree

132 (41.1)

78 (44.6)

Race/ethnicity

 White, non-Hispanic

213 (68.2)

128 (69.9)

 Black, non-Hispanic

50 (15.6)

24 (13.1)

 Asian, non-Hispanic

16 (5.0)

7 (3.8)

 Multi-race or other

11 (3.4)

6 (3.3)

 Hispanic

25 (7.8)

18 (9.8)

Participation in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

38 (12.8)

23 (13.2)

Parity

 Nulliparous

136 (42.4)

76 (41.3)

 Parous

185 (57.6)

108 (58.7)

Duration of any breastfeeding (months)

8.9 ± 4.5

9.3 ± 4.4

  1. *Analytic sample includes PEAS participants retained through 12-months postpartum and Sprouts participants at age 3.5 and/or 5 years follow-up. Missing data on income-to-poverty ratio for 27 PEAS and 11 Sprouts participants, marital status and education for 24 PEAS and 9 Sprouts participants, race/ethnicity for 6 PEAS and 1 Sprouts participants, participation in Women Infants Children for 24 PEAS and 10 Sprouts participants, and duration of breastfeeding for 23 PEAS and 7 Sprouts participants