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Table 1 Early pregnancy: characteristics at baseline 1

From: A randomized longitudinal dietary intervention study during pregnancy: effects on fish intake, phospholipids, and body composition

 

Control group 2

Intervention group 3

P 7

Age (years)

31.2 (4.0)

31.4 (3.9)

0.84

Weight (kg)

63.8 (6.4)

61.5 (5.8)

0.12

Height (cm)

170 (6.7)

167 (6.3)

0.08

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.0 (1.3)

22.0 (1.6)

0.88

Waist circumference (cm)

79.4 (4.8)

80.4 (6.6)

0.48

Fat mass (kg)

16.8 (3.5)

16.3 (4.3)

0.60

Fat-free mass (kg)

47.0 (4.8)

45.2 (4.6)

0.11

Parity (n)4

0 (0, 1)

0 (0, 1)

0.466

15 or more years of education5

26 (72.2)

28 (75.7)

 

Plasma glucose (mmol/L)

4.4 (0.4)

4.4 (0.4)

0.90

Serum insulin (mU/L)

5.0 (2.5)

5.1 (3.4)

0.88

QUICKI8

0.340 (0.050)

0.337 (0.044)

0.81

  1. 1Mean (SD) unless noted otherwise. 2n = 35-36. 3n = 34-37. 4Median with interquartile range (25th percentile, 75th percentile). 5n (%). 6Analyzed by Mann–Whitney U test. 7P values were calculated with Student’s independent-sample t test. 8Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index.