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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: The association between indoor temperature and body mass index in children: the PIAMA birth cohort study

 

Baseline population

Baseline population

 

Original data

Imputed data

 

(n = 3 343)

(n = 3 963)

 

%

%

Gender

   

Female

48.3

 

48.2

Male

51.7

 

51.9

Maternal education level

   

Low

22.0

 

23.7

Intermediate

41.7

 

41.6

High

36.3

 

34.7

Indoor smoking

   

Yes

27.3

 

28.7

No

72.7

 

71.3

Breastfeeding

   

Yes

83.0

 

82.0

No

17.1

 

18.0

Maternal overweight before pregnancy

   

BMI < 25 kg/m 2

80.3

 

79.5

BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2

19.7

 

20.5

 

Mean ± SD

N

Mean ± SD

Birth weight (grams)

3 513 ± 541

3 343

3 507 ± 546

 Living room temperature (°C)

 

3 333

 

Heating used

20.2 ± 1.2

3 326

20.3 ± 1.3

Heating not used

 

7

 

Bedroom temperature (°C)

 

3 240

 

Heating used

17.4 ± 2.5

2 193

17.4 ± 2.5

Heating not used

 

1 047

 

BMI z-score at 3 months

0.12 ± 1.05

2 837

0.11 ± 1.05

BMI z-score at 1 year

0.03 ± 1.01

3 129

0.04 ± 1.02

BMI z-score at 2 years

0.06 ± 1.07

2 991

0.04 ± 1.08

BMI z-score at 3 years

0.08 ± 1.06

2 727

0.08 ± 1.07

BMI z-score at 4 years

0.01 ± 1.03

2 428

0.02 ± 1.04

BMI z-score at 5 years

0.20 ± 1.10

2 191

0.21 ± 1.11

BMI z-score at 6 years

0.20 ± 1.04

2 325

0.21 ± 1.04

BMI z-score at 7 years

0.14 ± 1.05

2 411

0.14 ± 1.04

BMI z-score at 8 years

0.08 ± 1.03

2 367

0.07 ± 1.03

BMI z-score at 11 years

0.04 ± 1.05

2 125

0.01 ± 1.06