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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Participants

From: Pregnant women's awareness of sensitivity to cold (hiesho) and body temperature observational study: A comparison of Japanese and Brazilian women

 

Japanese (n = 230)

Brazilian (n = 200)

  
 

Mean (SD)/n (%)

Mean (SD)/n (%)

t value/χ2 value

df

p value

Age

31.8(4.3)

26.2(5.7)

-11.15

373.79

<0.001*

Gestational age(weeks)

28.5(5.9)

29.3(5.8)

1.40

428

0.16

Elapsed time after meal intake(hour)

3.0(2.6)

3.1(3.1)

4.42

422.53

<0.001*

Body height(cm)

159.1(5.2)

161.3(6.3)

3.93

386.06

<0.001*

Body weight(kg)

57.3( 7.8)

70.97(13.1)

12.92

315.00

<0.001*

BMI Mean (SD) body mass index (kg/m2)

     

Underweight

35.0(15.2)

8.0(4.0)

119.6

3

<0.001*

Normal range

140.0(60.9)

46.0(23.0)

   

Overweight

34.0(14.8)

41.0(20.5)

   

Obese

21.0(9.1)

105.0(52.5)

   

Parity

     

Primipara

132.0(57.4)

73.0(36.5)

18.72

1

<0.001*

Pluripara

98.0(42.6)

127.0(63.5)

   

Occupation

     

Homemaker

169.0(73.5)

72.0(36.0)

109.28

2

<0.001*

Company worker

38.0(16.5)

128.0(64.0)

   

Other

23.0(10.0)

0.0(0)

   
  1. 1) Age,Gestational age(weeks),Elapsed time after meal intake(hour),Body height(cm),Body weight(kg):t-test/Mean (SD), t-value
  2. 2) MI,Parity,Occupation:chi-square test,n (%),χ2-value