Table 1: Maternal
characteristics studied.
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Maternal characteristics |
Categories |
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Demographics |
Maternal
age Level
of education Net
household income Population
group Living
together with partner |
<
30, 30-34, ≥ 35 years Low
(no education, lower general secondary education), intermediate (intermediate
vocational education, higher general secondary education, pre-university
education), high (higher vocational education, university) <
€2500, ≥ €2500 per month Dutch,
Non-Dutch Yes,
No |
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Medical history |
Parity Pre-pregnancy
Body Mass Index (BMI) Time
to pregnancy Previous
miscarriages Use
of reproductive techniques Chronic
diseases |
0,
≥ 1 previous live births Underweight,
normal weight, overweight/obese pregnant
within first month, 1-12, > 12 months Yes,
No Yes,
No (Natural Conception) No
presence, presence of any chronic disease (e.g. asthma, hypertension,
depression) |
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Pregnancy-related |
Unplanned
pregnancy Infections
during pregnancy Severe
nausea (“did you suffer from severe nausea during this pregnancy?”) Extreme
fatigue (“did you suffer from extreme fatigue during this pregnancy?”) Prenatal
diagnostics |
Yes,
No Yes,
No Yes,
No Yes,
No Positive,
negative outcome |
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characteristics |
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Health behavior during pregnancy |
Smoking Alcohol
consumption Caffeine
consumption Physical
exercise |
Yes,
No Yes,
No Normal
≤ 1400 mg, high > 1400 mg No,
< 150 minutes/week, ≥ 150 minutes/week |
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Psychosocial characteristics |
Negative
life event scale Medication
use for depression or anxiety disorders in the past 4 months History
of depression First-degree
family history of depression |
Total
Score 0, ≤ 50, > 50, rated according to the social readjustments
rating scale (73) |
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Yes,
No |
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Yes,
No |
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Yes,
No |