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Table 1 Participant demographics by study group

From: Sleep SAAF responsive parenting intervention improves mothers’ feeding practices: a randomized controlled trial among African American mother-infant dyads

 

RP (n = 96)

Control (n = 94)

Infant

 Male sex, n (%)

47 (49.0)

44 (46.8)

 Gestational age (weeks), mean (SD)

39.1 (1.03)

39.1 (1.08)

 Birth weight (kg), mean (SD)

3.0 (0.38)

2.99 (0.36)

 Birth length (cm), mean (SD)

48.73 (1.76)

48.68 (1.59)

Mother

 Age (years), mean (SD)

23.65 (4.98)

22.16 (3.99)

 Age 20 years or older, n (%)

86 (79.6)

72 (67.9)

 Any breast feeding at 16wk, n (%)

22 (22.9)

21 (21.4)

 Pre-pregnancy BMI, mean (SD)

27.71 (8.66)

28.49 (8.06)

 Obese pre-pregnancy BMI, n (%)

37 (34.6)

33 (31.7)

 Gestational weight gain (kg), mean (SD)

16.41 (9.26)

13.94 (8.34)

 Diabetes during pregnancy, n (%)

6 (6.25%)

7 (7.4%)

Romantic status, n (%)

 Single

35 (36.5%)

39 (41.5%)

 Married / living together

15 (15.63%)

7 (7.5%)

 Married, but not living together

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Living together

29 (30.2%)

30 (31.9%)

 Involved/steady/not living together

16 (16.7%)

18 (19.1%)

 Involved/on–off again relationship

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Education, n (%)

 Some high school (9–11)

12 (12.5%)

10 (10.6%)

 High school graduate

45 (46.9%)

47 (50.0%)

 Some college or technical school

24 (25.0%)

26 (27.7%)

 Completed college

9 (9.4%)

9 (9.6%)

 Post graduate training degree

6 (6.3%)

2 (2.1%)

Federal Nutrition Assistance, n (%)

 SNAP participation (yes)

47 (50.5%)

40 (44.0%)

 WIC participation (yes)

75 (79.8%)

68 (72.3%)