Table 1 Characteristics of participants by smoking status during pregnancy.

From: Direct and indirect effects of smoking during pregnancy on child development: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Male

Female

Q1: non-smokers (n = 1,512, 62.0%)

Q2: ex-smokers who quit before pregnancy (n = 580, 23.8%)

Q3: ex-smokers who quit during pregnancy (n = 261, 10.7%)

Q4: current smokers (n = 84, 3.4%)

Q1: non-smokers (n = 1454, 61.7%)

Q2: ex-smokers who quit before pregnancy (n = 575, 24.4%)

Q3: ex-smokers who quit during pregnancy (n = 244, 10.4%)

Q4: current smokers (n = 84, 3.6%)

Mean ± SD, or number and % in parenthesis

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

Underweight (< 18.5)

251 (16.6)

88 (15.2)

33 (12.6)

22 (26.2)

219 (15.1)

75 (13.0)

45 (18.4)

25 (29.8)

Normal weight (18.5–24.9)

1118 (73.9)

427 (73.6)

179 (68.6)

49 (58.3)

1097 (75.4)

436 (75.8)

167 (68.4)

43 (51.2)

Overweight (≥ 25)

143 (9.5)

65 (11.2)

49 (18.8)

13 (15.5)

137 (9.4)

64 (11.1)

32 (13.1)

16 (19.0)

Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Maternal age at parturition (y)

< 20

4 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

2 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

1 (0.2)

3 (1.2)

1 (1.2)

20–24

78 (5.2)

25 (4.3)

31 (11.9)

15 (17.9)

75 (5.2)

30 (5.2)

44 (18.0)

12 (14.3)

25–29

357 (23.6)

116 (20.0)

91 (34.9)

30 (35.7)

357 (24.6)

134 (23.3)

76 (31.1)

26 (31.0)

30–34

582 (38.5)

212 (36.6)

83 (31.8)

19 (22.6)

565 (38.9)

195 (33.9)

61 (25.0)

19 (22.6)

35–40

400 (26.5)

180 (31.0)

49 (18.8)

15 (17.9)

369 (25.4)

168 (29.2)

47 (19.3)

21 (25.0)

≥ 40

91 (6.0)

46 (7.9)

5 (1.9)

5 (6.0)

86 (5.9)

47 (8.2)

13 (5.3)

5 (6.0)

Annual household income (million JPN)

< 4

441 (29.2)

223 (38.4)

126 (48.3)

47 (56.0)

432 (29.7)

238 (41.4)

124 (50.8)

50 (59.5)

4–7.9

789 (52.2)

276 (47.6)

111 (42.5)

28 (33.3)

761 (52.3)

271 (47.1)

92 (37.7)

24 (28.6)

≥ 8

224 (14.8)

57 (9.8)

13 (5.0)

2 (2.4)

196 (13.5)

48 (8.3)

11 (4.5)

3 (3.6)

Missing

58 (3.8)

24 (4.1)

11 (4.2)

7 (8.3)

65 (4.5)

18 (3.1)

17 (7.0)

7 (8.3)

Parity

One

639 (42.3)

186 (32.1)

140 (53.6)

33 (39.3)

612 (42.1)

186 (32.3)

126 (51.6)

27 (32.1)

2 or more

866 (57.3)

386 (66.6)

121 (46.4)

49 (58.3)

833 (57.3)

385 (67.0)

115 (47.1)

57 (67.9)

Missing

7 (0.5)

8 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

2 (2.4)

9 (0.6)

4 (0.7)

3 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

Birth weight (g)

3088 ± 414.7

3119 ± 416.7

3105 ± 416.3

3071 ± 309.7

3007 ± 379.0

3012 ± 385.3

3034 ± 421.9

2854 ± 434.6

Maternal blood Cadmium concentration (ng/g)

0.711 ± 0.343

0.733 ± 0.335

0.845 ± 0.425

1.150 ± 0.517

0.718 ± 0.352

0.728 ± 0.342

0.767 ± 0.370

1.146 ± 0.464

  1. BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation.
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