Adriëtte Oostvogels

3 83 pBMI, lipids and offspring’s body composition pBMI < 18.5 n=66 3.8% pBMI 18.5 - 24.9 n=1326 76.8% pBMI 25-29.9 n=260 15.1% pBMI > 30 n=75 4.3% N mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) Maternal characteristics Age (years) 1727 30.8 (3.9) 32.1 (4.2) 31.2 (5.1) 31.5 (4.6) Ethnicity (%) 1727 Dutch 65.2 81.4 66.5 56.0 Turkish 1.5 2.1 2.3 1.3 Moroccan 3.0 2.2 11.5 12.0 Other non-Western 18.2 7.5 14.6 26.7 Other Western 12.1 6.9 5.0 4.0 Primiparous (% yes) 1727 59.1 58.8 50.0 40.0 Education after primary school (years) 1720 9.6 (4.4) 10.4 (3.3) 9.0 (3.8) 7.7 (3.9) Height (cm) 1727 168.3 (8.2) 170.3 (6.8) 168.2 (7.2) 166.0 (7.0) Hypertension (%) 1727 Pre-existing 0.0 1.7 5.8 5.3 Pregnancy-induced 1.5 7.6 13.5 13.3 Smoking (% yes) 1727 4.5 8.9 6.2 10.7 Alcohol (% yes) 1726 31.8 33.3 16.5 16.0 Table 1. Maternal and child characteristics by maternal pBMI (n=1727).