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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of mothers/infants allocated to the control group compared with the intervention group

From: Evaluation of an eHealth intervention aiming to promote healthy food habits from infancy -the Norwegian randomized controlled trial Early Food for Future Health

Variable

Control (n = 264)a % (count) or mean ± SD

Intervention (n = 269)b % (count) or mean ± SD

Total (n = 533)c % (count) or mean ± SD

Mother

 Age (years)

30.2 ± 4.1

30.9 ± 4.4

30.6 ± 4.3

 Not Norwegian as native language

7.6 (20)

5.9 (16)

6.8 (36)

 First-time mother (for infant participating in the survey)

59.5 (157)

57.2 (154)

58.3 (311)

Marital status

 Married

35.6 (94)

44.6 (120)

40.2 (214)

 Cohabitant

62.1 (164)

52.8 (142)

57.4 (306)

 Not married/cohabitant

2.3 (6)

2.6 (7)

2.4 (13)

 Education (College/university degree)

82.0 (214)

84.6 (225)

83.3 (439)

Main activity (before pregnancy)

 Working fulltime

81.4 (214)

81.6 (217)

81.5 (431)

 Working part time

6.1 (16)

6.4 (17)

6.2 (33)

 Student

6.8 (18)

7.5 (20)

7.2 (38)

 Other/Not working

5.7 (15)

4.5 (12)

5.1 (27)

 BMI (kg/mb)

24.9 ± 4.2

24.9 ± 4.5

24.9 ± 4.4

 Smoking

3.8 (10)

3.3 (9)

3.6 (19)

 Use of snus

4.9 (13)

5.2 (14)

5.1 (27)

Infant

 Gender (female)

50.4 (133)

49.6 (133)

49.9 (266)

 Gestational age > 38 weeks

91.3 (241)

91.1 (245)

91.2 (486)

 Birth weight (g)

3586 ± 513

3557 ± 472

3571 ± 492

 Weight at 5 months (g)

7656 ± 924

7503 ± 887

7577 ± 907

 Exclusive breastfed first month

67.4 (178)

70.3 (189)

68.9 (367)

 Introduced to solid food before 4 months of age

6.1 (16)

4.1 (11)

5.1 (27)

  1. a The total number of participants in the analyses vary between 219 and 264 because of missing data for some variables
  2. b The total number of participants in the analyses vary between 236 and 269 because of missing data for some variables
  3. c The total number of participants in the analyses vary between 455 and 533 because of missing data for some variables