Maternal characteristics, birth outcomes, and adult characteristics according to prenatal exposure to famine
| Born before famine n=264 | Exposed to famine | Conceived after famine n=284 | Mean (SD) n=912 | Missing observations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In late gestation n=140 | In mid gestation n=137 | In early gestation n=87 | |||||||||
| Men | 49% | 46% | 39% | 41% | 50% | 46% | 0 | ||||
| Maternal characteristics | |||||||||||
| Age (years) | 28.9 | 30.8 | 28.8 | 27.9 | 28.6 | 29.0 (6.4) | 0 | ||||
| Primipara (%) | 37.1 | 25.7 | 34.3 | 36.8 | 35.2 | 34.3 | 0 | ||||
| Weight end pregnancy (kg) | 66.4 | 62.8 | 64.1 | 68.4 | 68.5 | 66.3 (8.7) | 117 | ||||
| Manual class (%) | 78.5 | 70.3 | 68.4 | 66.2 | 70.0 | 71.8 | 164 | ||||
| Birth outcomes | |||||||||||
| Weight (g) | 3372 | 3137 | 3236 | 3481 | 3425 | 3325 (474) | 0 | ||||
| Body length (cm) | 50.6 | 49.4 | 49.8 | 51.0 | 50.4 | 50.3 (2.2) | 8 | ||||
| Head circumference (cm) | 32.9 | 32.3 | 32.1 | 33.0 | 33.1 | 32.8 (1.5) | 8 | ||||
| Ponderal index (kg/m3) | 26.0 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 26.2 (2.4) | 8 | ||||
| Characteristics at age 50 | |||||||||||
| Weight (kg) | 78.8 | 78.2 | 76.5 | 80.2 | 80.4 | 79.0 (15.3) | 5 | ||||
| Height (cm) | 170.6 | 170.1 | 168.4 | 170.4 | 170.3 | 170.1 (9.1) | 6 | ||||
| Current smoker (%) | 39.0 | 37.9 | 32.8 | 47.1 | 34.9 | 37.4 | 0 | ||||
| Socioeconomic status | 46.2 | 49.7 | 48.1 | 47.6 | 47.3 | 47.5(13.8) | 0 | ||||
Values are mean except where given as %.