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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by trial group

From: Feasibility and acceptability of a brief routine weight management intervention for postnatal women embedded within the national child immunisation programme in primary care: randomised controlled cluster feasibility trial

Demographic and other baseline variables

Intervention

(N = 16)

Usual care

(N = 12)

Overall

(N = 28)

Age (years)

 Mean (SD, N)

32.9 (6.1, 16)

31.0 (5.3, 12)

32.1 (5.7, 28)

 Min-max

22–41

24–42

22–42

Ethnic group

 White

5 (31%)

8 (67%)

13 (46%)

 Pakistani

3 (19%)

0 (0%)

3 (11%)

 Other Asian

3 (19%)

0 (0%)

3 (11%)

 Black Caribbean

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

1 (3%)

 Black African

1 (6%)

2 (17%)

3 (11%)

 Other

4 (25%)

1 (8%)

5 (18%)

Current marital status

 Single (living alone)

1 (6%)

3 (27%)

4 (15%)

 Single (living with partner)

3 (19%)

3 (27%)

6 (22%)

 Married

11 (69%)

3 (27%)

14 (52%)

 Divorced/separated (living alone)

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

1 (4%)

 Other1

1 (6%)

1 (9%)

2 (7%)

 Missing

0

1

1

Current employment status

 In paid employment

9 (56%)

6 (55%)

15 (56%)

 Unemployed

1 (6%)

2 (18%)

3 (11%)

 Student

1 (6%)

0 (0%)

1 (4%)

 Looking after the home/family

5 (31%)

1 (9%)

6 (22%)

 Sick/disabled

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

1 (4%)

 Other2

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

1 (4%)

 Missing

0

1

1

Current financial status

 Normally have enough money

9 (56%)

0 (0%)

9 (35%)

 Enough money if I plan carefully

6 (38%)

4 (40%)

10 (38%)

 Enough money for basic things

1 (6%)

3 (30%)

4 (15%)

 Basic things hard to afford

0 (0%)

3 (30%)

3 (12%)

 Missing

0

2

2

Average number of cigarettes smoked each day

 None

16 (100%)

9 (90%)

25 (96%)

 5 or less

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 6–10

0 (0%)

1 (10%)

1 (4%)

 Missing

0

2

2

Drank alcohol in last week

 Yes

4 (25%)

2 (18%)

6 (22%)

 No

12 (75%)

9 (82%)

21 (78%)

Mean number of units

 Mean (SD, N)

5.7 (3.5, 3)

4.0 (2.8, 2)

5.0 (3.0, 5)

 Min-max

2–9

2–6

2–9

 Missing

1

0

1

Weight (kg)

 Mean (SD, N)

81.6 (13.7, 16)

86.2 (21.2, 12)

83.6 (17.1, 28)

 Min-max

58.8–106.7

66.7–148.8

58.8–148.8

BMI (kg/m2)

 Mean (SD, N)

31.6 (6.1, 16)

32.1 (8.0, 12)

31.8 (6.9, 28)

 Min-max

25.5–47.2

26.3–56.4

25.5–56.4

Percentage body fat (%)

 Mean (SD, N)

40.9 (4.0, 16)

41.6 (6.0, 12)

41.2 (4.8, 28)

 Min-max

34.6–46.8

32.5–56.1

32.5–56.1

Pregnancy details

 Weight before pregnancy (kg)

  Mean (SD, N)

75.0 (14.6, 13)

83.9 (31.0, 10)

78.9 (23.0, 23)

  Missing

3

2

5

 Number of children given birth to

  1

6 (37%)

1 (8%)

7 (25%)

  2

7 (44%)

5 (42%)

12 (43%)

  ≥3

3 (19%)

6 (50%)

9 (32%)

 Number of children living in household

  1

6 (37%)

1 (8%)

7 (25%)

  2

7 (44%)

5 (42%)

12 (43%)

  ≥3

3 (19%)

6 (50%)

9 (32%)

 Complications during this pregnancy

  Yes

8 (50%)

3 (25%)

11 (39%)

  No

8 (50%)

9 (75%)

17 (61%)

 If yes (n = 11, not mutually exclusive):

  Gestational diabetes

1 (12.5%)

2 (67%)

3 (27%)

  Pre-eclampsia

1 (12.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

  Gestational hypertension

4 (50%)

0 (0%)

4 (36%)

  Pre-term delivery

1 (12.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

  Neonatal intensive care/special care

1 (12.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

  Other3

2 (25%)

2 (67%)

4 (36%)

 Type of delivery

  Normal vaginal delivery

10 (63%)

8 (67%)

18 (64%)

  Instrumental vaginal delivery

1 (6%)

0 (0%)

1 (4%)

  Elective caesarean section

1 (6%)

1 (8%)

2 (7%)

  Emergency caesarean section

4 (25%)

3 (25%)

7 (25%)

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

 Tried to breastfeed baby

  Yes

16 (100%)

11 (92%)

27 (96%)

  No

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

1 (4%)

 Current method of feeding

  Exclusively breastfeeding

11 (69%)

4 (33%)

15 (53%)

  Exclusively formula feeding

3 (19%)

5 (42%)

8 (29%)

  Both breastmilk and formula

2 (12%)

3 (25%)

5 (18%)

 If breastfeeding:

(n = 13)

(n = 7)

(n = 20)

  Intended time to continue breastfeeding

   Up to 3 months

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

   Up to 6 months

2 (15%)

1 (14%)

3 (15%)

   Up to 9 months

1 (8%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

   Up to 12 months

1 (8%)

1 (14%)

2 (10%)

   > 1 year

5 (38%)

3 (43%)

8 (40%)

   As long as possible

4 (31%)

2 (29%)

6 (30%)

Sleep

 Average amount of uninterrupted sleep per night (hours)

  Mean (SD, N)

3.0 (1.2, 16)

3.5 (0.9, 12)

3.2 (1.1, 28)

  Min-max

1–6

2–5

1–6

  1. 1Others (n = 2): living with partner; not living with partner. 2Others (n = 1): In paid employment and a student. 3Others (n = 4): pelvic pain (on crutches from 37/40), hyperemesis and excess water, hyperemesis and high-risk embolism/thrombosis