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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Provider advice, pregnant persons’ expectations, and actual gestational weight gain among United States military health care beneficiaries: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Value

Baseline BMI category

 

 Normal

123 (32.6%)

 Overweight

152 (40.3%)

 Obesity

102 (27.1%)

Age (years)

30.6 (4.9)

Gestation week at screening

11.8 (1.1)

Race

 

 American Indian/Alaska Native

2 (0.5%)

 Asian

13 (3.5%)

 Black

53 (14.1%)

 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

4 (1.1%)

 Mixed race

21 (5.57%)

 White

254 (67.4%)

 Other

30 (8.0%)

Hispanic/Latino

62 (16.5%)

Military status

 

 Active duty

169 (44.8%)

 Other TRICARE beneficiaries

208 (55.2%)

Parity

 

 Nulliparous

168 (44.6%)

 Primiparous

122 (32.4%)

 Multiparous

87 (23.1%)

  1. BMI, body mass index. Data are n (%) or mean (SD)