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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and bivariate association with macrosomia

From: The risk of diabetes after giving birth to a macrosomic infant: data from the NHANES cohort

Variable

Total

n = 10,089

N (Weighted %)

Macrosomia

P-value

Yes

n = 1767 (17.2%)

Weighted %

No

n = 8322 (82.8%)

Weighted %

Age (years), Weighted Mean (SE)

51.7 (0.2)

54.4 (0.4)

51.1 (0.3)

< 0.001

 20–44

3514 (35.5%)

29.7%

36.6%

 

 45–64

3800 (40.4%)

40.0%

40.0%

 

  ≥ 65

2775 (24.1%)

23.4%

29.7%

 

Age at time of Macrosomia (years),a Weighted Mean (SE)

26.2 (0.2)

26.2 (0.2)

NA

NA

Gestational Diabetes

   

< 0.001

 No

9295 (92.4%)

88.0%

93.3%

 

 Yes

775 (7.6%)

12.0%

6.7%

 

Age at time of Gestational Diabetes (years),b Weighted Mean (SE)

28.2 (0.3)

28.2 (0.6)

28.2 (0.3)

1.000

Parity

   

< 0.001

 Primiparous

1958 (21.7%)

11.2%

23.9%

 

 Multiparous

8131 (78.3%)

88.8%

76.1%

 

Obesity

   

< 0.001

 Underweight/Normal

2686 (30.0%)

22.4%

31.6%

 

 Overweight

2937 (29.5%)

29.0%

29.7%

 

 Obese

4367 (40.5%)

48.7%

38.7%

 

Race/Ethnicity

   

< 0.001

 Non-Hispanic White

4201 (67.7%)

70.8%

67.0%

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

2164 (12.1%)

9.8%

12.5%

 

 Mexican American

1656 (8.3%)

8.8%

8.2%

 

 Other Hispanic

1194 (5.6%)

6.5%

5.4%

 

 Other Race, Including Multiracial

874 (6.4%)

4.0%

6.8%

 

Diabetes

   

< 0.001

 No

7234 (76.4%)

70.2%

77.7%

 

 Yes

2855 (23.6%)

29.8%

22.3%

 
  1. Rao-Scott chi-square test and two sample t test were used to evaluate bivariate association with macrosomia, adjusting for the complex sampling design
  2. N Unweighted frequency, Weighted % Weighted column percentage, SE Standard error
  3. aAmong the women who had macrosomia
  4. bAmong the women who had gestational diabetes