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Table 2 Characteristics of women participating in the preconception supplementation with multiple micronutrients on birth outcomes (PRECCONCEPT) trial in Vietnam by pregnancy

From: Predictors of adherence to micronutrient supplementation before and during pregnancy in Vietnam

 

All women (n = 4417)

Women who became pregnant (n = 1183)

Maternal Characteristics

 Age

26.2 ± 4.6

25.9 ± 4.4

 Minority ethnicity

49.7

50.2

 Farmer occupation

80.7

78.9

 High school educated

22.5

20.9

Parity

  First pregnancy (%)

2.1

4.6

 Weight (kg)

45.6 ± 5.6

45.8 ± 5.6

 Height (cm)

152.5 ± 5.2

152.8 ± 5.1

 BMI (kg/m2)

19.6 ± 2.1

19.6 ± 2.1

  BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (%)

31.6

32.0

Hemoglobin

12.9 ± 1.4

12.9 ± 1.3

  Anemia (%)

19.9

19.9

Household Characteristics

 SES quintiles

  I (lowest)

20.1

18.9

  II

20.0

20.8

  III

19.9

20.2

  IV

20.2

19.9

  V (highest)

21.0

20.2

 Food Insecure (%)

31.0

31.0

Programmatic Factors

 Supplementation group

  FA (%)

33.3

31.8

  IFA (%)

33.4

33.1

  MM (%)

33.3

35.1

Village health worker visits (#)

 Preconception

24.1 ± 13.8

14.6 ± 10.9

 Pregnancy

 

11.9 ± 3.7