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Table 1 Description of the Original Population and of the Population Traced at age 11 Years.

From: Maternal anthropometric characteristics in pregnancy and blood pressure among adolescents: 1993 live birth cohort, Pelotas, southern Brazil

Variable

Original population

Traced population*

p-value

 

n (%)

%

 

Sex

  

0.17

   Male

2606 (49.7)

86.9

 

   Female

2642 (50.3)

88.1

 

Family income (m.w.) (1993)

  

< 0.001

   ≥ 6.1

818 (15.6)

80.0

 

   3.1 - 6

1204 (22.9)

88.9

 

   1.1 - 3

2260 (43.1)

88.7

 

   ≤ 1

967 (18.4)

88.3

 

Maternal smoking (pregnancy)

  

0.3

   No

3497 (66.6)

87.1

 

   Yes

1752 (33.5)

88.2

 

Maternal alcohol intake (pregnancy)

  

0.8

   No

4982 (94.9)

87.5

 

   Yes

267 (5.1)

86.9

 

Gestational arterial hypertension

  

0.5

   No

4337 (84.3)

87.7

 

   Yes

806 (15.7)

86.9

 

Maternal prepregnancy weight (kg)

  

0.3

   < 49

806 (15.7)

87.6

 

   49 - 53.9

1064 (20.7)

87.3

 

   54 - 60.9

1547 (30.1)

86.7

 

   ≥ 61

1722 (33.5)

88.8

 

Maternal weight (end of pregnancy) (kg)

  

0.7

   < 55

339 (6.7)

87.9

 

   55 - 64.9

1426 (28.1)

88.1

 

   65 - 74.9

1776 (35.0)

86.9

 

   ≥ 75

1527 (30.1)

88.3

 

Maternal height (end of pregnancy) (cm)

  

0.09

   ≥ 165

1334 (25.4)

85.4

 

   160 - 164

1429 (27.2)

88.4

 

   155 - 159

1325(25.2)

87.9

 

   150 - 154

922 (17.6)

88.6

 

   < 150

239 (4.6)

84.5

 

Prepregnancy BMI § (kg/m 2 )

  

0.004

   < 20.0

1147 (22.5)

87.6

 

   20.0 to 24.9

2811 (55.2)

86.6

 

   25.0 to 29.9

894 (17.5)

90.3

 

   30.0 or more

245 (4.8)

92.2

 
  1. 1993 Cohort, 2004-05 Follow-up (Pelotas, Southern Brazil)
  2. * Includes 141 deaths: 87.5% of cohort members traced at 11 years of age.
  3. p-value from Chi-squared test for heterogeneity.
  4. m.w - Brazilian minimum wages in 1993.
  5. § BMI - indicates body mass index.