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Table 1 Participant demographics at six months postpartum

From: A prospective registry analysis of psychosocial and metabolic health between women with and without metabolic syndrome after a complicated pregnancy

 

Metabolic syndrome, n = 106

Mean ± SD, median [interquartile range], or n (%)

No metabolic syndrome, n = 186

Mean ± SD, median [interquartile range], or n (%)

p-value

Time to follow up, months

6.0 [6–8]

6.0 [6–7]

0.02a

Age

32.61 ± 5.12

31.98 ± 5.24

0.32

BMI, m/kg2

35.76 ± 7.94

29.24 ± 6.96

< 0.001a

Gravidity

2.89 ± 2.06

2.70 ± 1.61

0.39

Parity

2.18 ± 1.58

2.02 ± 1.13

0.37

Australian born

59 (55.66)

102 (54.84)

0.89

Interpreter required

16 (15.09)

29 (15.59)

0.91

Ethnicity

  

0.92

 Caucasian

59 (55.66)

100 (53.76)

 

 Aboriginal

2 (1.89)

4 (2.15)

 

 African

3 (2.83)

12 (6.45)

 

 Asian

21 (19.81)

37 (19.89)

 

 Hispanic

1 (0.94)

2 (1.08)

 

 Indian subcontinent

10 (9.43)

15 (8.06)

 

 Middle eastern

10 (9.43)

16 (8.60)

 

Referring complicationb

 HDP, n = 104

42 (39.62)

62 (33.33)

0.28

 GDM, n = 206

82 (77.36)

124 (66.66)

0.05

 IUGR, n = 25

6 (5.66)

19 (10.22)

0.18

 SPTB, n = 6

3 (2.83)

3 (1.61)

0.48

 PA, n = 4

1 (0.94)

4 (2.15)

0.64

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, HDP Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, GDM Gestational diabetes mellitus, IUGR Intrauterine growth restriction, SPTB Spontaneous preterm birth, PA Placental abruption
  2. aDenotes statistical significance
  3. b46 participants had more than one referring complication