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Table 1 Baseline maternal/household and infant characteristics by prenatal antibiotic exposure (n = 454)

From: Association of prenatal antibiotics with measures of infant adiposity and the gut microbiome

Variable, n (%)a

Prenatal antibiotic exposure

P-value

No

Yes

Number of participants

237

217

 

Maternal/household characteristics

 Age at delivery, years, mean (SD)

27.58 (6.15)

28.27 (5.53)

0.22

 Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

28.41 (7.63)

32.47 (10.58)

< 0.001

 Race

0.58

  Black or African American

157 (66.5%)

148 (68.2%)

 

  White

50 (21.2%)

49 (22.6%)

 

  Others

29 (12.3%)

20 (9.2%)

 

 Married or living with a partner

0.70

  Yes

139 (58.6%)

132 (60.8%)

 

  No

98 (41.4%)

85 (39.2%)

 

 Education

0.30

  ≤ High school graduate

102 (43.0%)

103 (47.5%)

 

  Some college

93 (39.2%)

70 (32.3%)

 

  ≥ College graduate

42 (17.7%)

44 (20.3%)

 

 Annual household income

0.95

  ≤ $20,000

138 (59.7%)

129 (60.8%)

 

  $20,001 to $40,000

44 (19.0%)

41 (19.3%)

 

  ≥ $40,001

49 (21.2%)

42 (19.8%)

 

 Smoked during pregnancy

1.00

  Yes

36 (15.6%)

33 (15.6%)

 

  No

195 (84.4%)

178 (84.4%)

 

 Type of breastfeeding

0.13

  Exclusive breastfeeding

18 (7.8%)

10 (4.8%)

 

  Exclusive formula

46 (20.0%)

56 (26.9%)

 

  Mixed feeding method

166 (72.2%)

142 (68.3%)

 

 Maternal antibiotic use in the first year after delivery

0.001

  Yes

67 (28.3%)

93 (42.9%)

 

  No

170 (71.7%)

124 (57.1%)

 

Infant characteristics

 Sex

0.64

  Female

117 (49.4%)

112 (51.6%)

 

  Male

120 (50.6%)

105 (48.4%)

 

 Gestational age, week, mean (SD)

38.74 (1.38)

38.46 (1.72)

0.05

 Birth weight, kilogram, mean (SD)

3.20 (0.50)

3.23 (0.53)

0.59

 Infant antibiotic use in the first year of life

0.01

  Yes

84 (35.4%)

102 (47.0%)

 

  No

153 (64.6%)

115 (53.0%)

 
  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index
  2. aUnless otherwise indicated