Gestational Weight Gain: Results from the Delta Healthy Sprouts Comparative Impact Trial
Table 1
Delta Healthy Sprouts participant baseline (early second trimester of pregnancy) demographic characteristics by treatment.
Characteristic
PAT ()
PATE ()
%
%
Race
1.000
African American
41
95.3
38
97.4
White
2
4.7
1
2.6
Marital status
0.678
Single
39
90.7
37
94.9
Married
4
9.3
2
5.1
Education level
0.684
9th–11th grade
7
16.3
7
17.9
High school/GED
15
34.9
12
30.8
Some college/technical
17
39.5
13
33.3
College degree
4
9.3
7
17.9
Employment status
0.468
Full time/part time
13
30.2
16
41.0
Unemployed (looking)
21
48.8
14
35.9
Homemaker/student
9
20.9
9
23.1
Household monthly income
0.284
<500
10
23.3
5
12.8
500–1,000
10
23.3
9
23.1
1,001–1,500
4
9.3
12
30.8
1,501–2,000
7
16.3
5
12.8
2,001–4,000
6
14.0
3
7.7
Do not know/refused
6
14.0
5
12.8
Smoker in household
12
27.9
12
30.8
0.776
Smoker
0.112
Current
3
7.0
1
2.6
Stopped before pregnancy
1
2.3
0
0.0
Stopped after becoming pregnant
2
4.7
0
0.0
No
37
86.0
38
97.4
Medicaid health insurance
40
93.0
35
89.7
0.703
Receiving SNAP
35
81.4
27
69.2
0.200
Receiving WIC
38
88.4
31
79.5
0.271
Own/access to vehicle
39
90.7
35
89.7
1.000
Receiving prenatal care
43
100.0
39
100.0
Start of prenatal care (month)
0.255
First
11
25.6
6
15.4
Second
24
55.8
22
56.4
Third–fifth
8
18.6
11
28.2
Gestational diabetes
0
0.0
1
2.6
0.476
Gestational hypertension
2
4.7
3
7.7
0.665
Prepregnancy weight class
0.386
Underweight (BMI < 18.5)
4
9.3
3
7.7
Healthy weight (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25)
12
27.9
8
20.5
Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30)
9
20.9
10
25.6
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)
18
41.9
18
46.2
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Age (years)
23.3
4.58
22.7
4.69
0.537
Household size
3.8
1.62
4.1
1.78
0.406
Gestational age
17.4
1.85
17.7
2.43
0.533
PAT, Parents as Teachers control treatment; PATE, Parents as Teachers Enhanced experimental treatment; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; WIC, SNAP for Women, Infants, and Children; BMI, body mass index. Includes 1 participant who indicated she is divorced. Comparison: ≤500–1,500 versus 1,501–4,000; do not know/refused excluded. Comparison: no versus all other responses. Comparison: first month versus second through fifth month. Based on self-reported prepregnancy weight; comparison: underweight or healthy weight versus overweight or obese. Based on reported due date; enrollment data collected late for 3 participants.
