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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for participants from the add health study, 1994-2008. Unrelated sample

From: Breastfeeding is associated with waist-to-height ratio in young adults

  

Breastfeeding status (Yes/No)

Full sample

No

Yes

4648

2362

2286

n

%

n

%

n

%

Males

2116

45.52 %

1056

44.71 %

1060

46.37 %

Females

2532

54.48 %

1306

55.29 %

1226

53.63 %

Race

 Non-Hispanic White

2865

61.64 %

1368

57.92 %

1497

65.49 %

 Non-Hispanic African American

856

18.42 %

589

24.94 %

267

11.68 %

 Non-Hispanic Asian/Native American

259

5.57 %

89

3.77 %

170

7.44 %

 Hispanic

666

14.33 %

315

13.34 %

351

15.35 %

Parent smoker

 No

714

15.36 %

370

15.66 %

344

15.05 %

 Yes

1328

28.57 %

838

35.48 %

490

21.43 %

 Missing

2606

56.07 %

1154

48.86 %

1452

63.52 %

Low birth weight

 No

4351

93.61 %

2155

91.24 %

2196

96.06 %

 Yes

216

4.65 %

146

6.18 %

70

3.06 %

 Missing

81

1.74 %

61

2.58 %

20

0.87 %

Parent socioeconomic status

 Below median income

2101

45.20 %

1250

52.92 %

851

37.23 %

 Above median income

2547

54.80 %

1112

47.08 %

1435

62.77 %

Maternal obesity

 No

3790

81.54 %

1901

80.48 %

1889

82.63 %

 Yes

858

18.46 %

461

19.52 %

397

17.37 %

 

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Body mass index

29.007

0.112

29.803

0.165

28.185

0.148

Waist-to-height ratio

0.575

0.002

0.589

0.002

0.562

0.002