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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants by case status

From: Prenatal exposure to consumer product chemical mixtures and size for gestational age at delivery

 

Median (25th, 75th percentile) or n (%)

SGA

(n = 31)

AGA

(n = 31)

LGA

(n = 28)

Matched Variables

 Maternal Age (years)

33.6 (26.9, 37.3)

32.4 (30.4, 37.5)

34.5 (30.4, 37.1)

 Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

23.0 (20.2, 27.9)

23.0 (22.3, 27.4)

25.7 (22.1, 27.9)

Race/Ethnicity

 White

19 (61)

18 (58)

17 (61)

 Black

6 (19)

6 (19)

6 (21)

 Other1

6 (19)

7 (23)

5 (18)

 Gestational Age (weeks)

37.9 (37.1, 38.6)

39.0 (38.3, 39.6)

39.1 (38.8, 39.8)

Non-matched Variables

 Birth weight (kg)

2.3 (2.2, 2.4)

3.2 (3.0, 3.4)

4.2 (4.1, 4.3)

 Birth weight percentile (%)

3.0 (1.0, 4.0)

35.0 (23.0, 46.0)

96.0 (93.0, 97.5)

Maternal Insurance

 Private

22 (71)

24 (77)

20 (71)

 Public

9 (29)

7 (23)

8 (29)

Maternal Education

  ≤ High School

3 (10)

3 (10)

1 (4)

 Some college or technical school

8 (26)

8 (26)

6 (21)

  ≥ College graduate

20 (65)

20 (65)

21 (75)

Parity

 Nulliparous

7 (23)

10 (32)

7 (25)

 Parous

24 (77)

21 (68)

21 (75)

Smoking During Pregnancy

 No

27 (87)

29 (94)

28 (100)

 Yes

4 (13)

2 (6)

0 (0)

Alcohol Use During Pregnancy

 No

29 (94)

28 (90)

27 (96)

 Yes

2 (6)

3 (10)

1 (4)

Fetal Sex

 Female

19 (61)

18 (58)

13 (46)

 Male

12 (39)

13 (42)

15 (54)

  1. Abbreviations: IQR = interquartile range; BMI = body mass index
  2. 1The “Other” race/ethnicity category is a condensation of larger categories with insufficient sample size for disaggregation (e.g., Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, South Asian, East Asian, Native American, multiracial)