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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Estimated postnatal p,p’-DDT and p,p’-DDE levels and body mass index at 42 months of age in a longitudinal study of Japanese children

Variable

n (%)

Median (range)

Child characteristics

 Sex

 Male

156 (54)

 

 Female

134 (46)

 

Gestational age (weeks)

290 (100)

40 (36, 42)

Birth weight (kg)

290 (100)

3.0 (2.2, 4.2)

42 month examination

 Weight (kg)

290 (100)

15 (11, 20)

 Height (cm)

290 (100)

97 (89, 105)

 BMI

290 (100)

16 (13, 20)

 BMI z-score

290 (100)

0.5 (−2.0, 3.0)

Maternal characteristics

 Age at delivery (years)

290 (100)

31 (20, 41)

 Height (cm)

290 (100)

158 (147, 173)

 Weight (kg, pre-pregnancy)

290 (100)

52 (41, 81)

 BMI (pre-pregnancy)

290 (100)

21 (16, 34)

 Weight (kg, postpartum)

216 (75)

55 (42, 83)

 Weight gain during pregnancy (kg)

258 (89)

9.3 (−1.4, 21.0)

 Total breastfeeding duration (years)

290 (100)

1.4 (0.1, 4.0)

 Education

290 (100)

 

 Junior high school

5 (2)

 

 High school

65 (22)

 

 College

127 (44)

 

 University

92 (32)

 

 Unknown

1 (0)

 

 Fish intake (g/year)

290 (100)

21,977 (0, 112,603)