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Table 1 Characteristics of children at each follow-up visit included in the analysis and maternal characteristics of children that followed up at each visit as mean (standard deviation) or N (percent)

From: Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and BMI Z-scores from 5 to 14 years

Child characteristics at each visit

5 Year Visit (n = 260)

7 Year Visit (n = 266)

9 Year Visit (n = 242)

11 Year Visit (n = 210)

8–14 Year Visita (n = 209)

Age in Months

60.6 (2.3)

84.8 (2.19)

109 (2.78)

133 (4.49)

121 (13.44)

BMI Z-score

0.71 (1.34)

0.90 (1.15)

0.99 (1.1)

0.96 (1.12)

1.1 (1.08)

Obesity Status

 Not with Obesity

197 (75.8)

198 (74.4)

166 (68.6)

147 (70.0)

129 (61.7)

 With Obesity

63 (24.2)

68 (25.6)

76 (31.4)

63 (30.0)

80 (38.3)

Race/Ethnicity

 African American

101 (38.8)

101 (38)

95 (39.3)

79 (37.6)

85 (40.7)

 Dominican

159 (61.2)

165 (62)

147 (60.7)

131 (62.4)

124 (59.3)

Sex

 Female

145 (55.8)

145 (54.5)

132 (54.5)

116 (55.2)

112 (53.6)

 Male

115 (44.2)

121 (45.5)

110 (45.5)

94 (44.8)

97 (46.4)

Maternal characteristics at birth for the sub-sample of children within each visit period

 Maternal Age (years)

25.3 (4.91)

25.4 (4.86)

25.4 (4.94)

25.5 (5)

25.5 (5.09)

 Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI

26.0 (6.07)

26.11 (6.1)

26.1 (6.26)

25.9 (6.41)

26.4 (6.52)

 Missing BMI

7

7

7

7

7

Partnership Status

 Not Partnered

200 (76.9)

201 (75.6)

183 (75.6)

155 (73.8)

157 (75.1)

 Partnered

60 (23.1)

65 (24.4)

59 (24.4)

55 (26.2)

52 (24.9)

Parity

 Nulliparous

126 (48.5)

131 (49.2)

121 (50)

106 (50.5)

104 (49.8)

 Multiparous

134 (51.5)

135 (50.8)

121 (50)

104 (49.5)

105 (50.2)

Receipt of Public Assistance

 No

155 (59.6)

159 (59.8)

147 (60.7)

124 (59)

125 (59.8)

 Yes

105 (40.4)

107 (40.2)

95 (39.3)

86 (41)

84 (40.2)

Education Level

 Less than High School

101 (38.8)

101 (38)

92 (38)

77 (36.7)

80 (38.3)

 More than High School

159 (61.2)

165 (62)

150 (62)

133 (63.3)

129 (61.7)

  1. aTAPAS ancillary study