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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the CBGS women included in this study and those excluded from it

From: Increased basal insulin sensitivity in late pregnancy in women carrying a male fetus: a cohort study

Characteristic

Included

Excluded

p-value

Age (years)

33.5

(33.2, 33.8)

(n = 813)

33.6

(33.2, 34.0)

(n = 522)

0.6

Height (cm)

166.0

(165.5, 166.5)

(n = 767)

165.7

(165.1, 166.4)

(n = 484)

0.5

Pre-pregnancy weight (kg)

66.4

(65.4, 67.4)

(n = 753)

66.1

(64.8, 67.3)

(n = 464)

0.7

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

24.2

(23.9, 24.5)

(n = 813)

24.1

(23.8, 24.5)

(n = 624)

0.8

Weight gain in pregnancy (kg)

9.0

(8.4, 9.5)

(n = 554)

6.9

(6.2, 7.7)

(n = 320)

1.2 × 10–5

Parity (n 0/1/2/3/4/5)

405/289/89/22/4/3

312/351/126/39/4/3

2.5 × 10–5

Index of multiple deprivation

8.9

(8.6, 9.3)

(n = 545)

9.0

(8.5, 9.4)

(n = 268)

1.0

Smoked during pregnancy (yes/no)

28/785

58/784

2.0 × 10–3

Anaemia during pregnancy (n yes/no)

28/713

12/488

0.2

Length of pregnancy (weeks)

39.9

(39.7, 40.0)

(n = 813)

39.7

(39.6, 39.8)

(n = 844)

0.02

  1. Data are mean (95% confidence interval) or number of participants