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Table 1 Characteristics of mother-infant pairs on admission and during follow-up period, n = 19*

From: Longitudinal follow-up of zearalenone and deoxynivalenol mycotoxins in breast milk in the first five months of life

 

Visit 1 (On admission)

Visit 2

Visit 3

Postpartum days

7.6 ± 0.9

38.1 ± 7.0

122.4 ± 11.9

Maternal age, yrs

27.4 ± 5.4

  

Maternal education ≥ 8 years, %

47.4

  

Smoking status, %

   

 No smoke exposure or smoking

36.8

36.8

26.3

 Maternal smoking +/-environmental smoke

10.5

15.8

26.3

 Environmental smoke w/o maternal smoking

52.6

47.4

47.4

Maternal weight gain during pregnancy, kg

11.7 ± 6.2

  

Maternal body mass index at birth, kg/m2

31.7 ± 4.2

  

Maternal body mass index at visits, kg/m2

29.6 ± 4.1

29.0 ± 4.2

28.8 ± 4.2

Birth order, first child, %

42.1

  

Birth type, cesarean delivery, %

63.2

  

Gestational length, weeks

38.8 ± 1.0

  

Birth weight, gr

3294 ± 517

  

Infant sex, male, %

73.7

  

Infant anthropometry

   

Weight for age, z score

-0.21

(-0.73, 0.18)

-0.21

(-1.02, 1.02)

-0.06

(-0.82, 1.00)

Height for age, z score

-0.15

(-0.68, 0.46)

-0.83

(-1.33, -0.18)

-0.16

(-0.95, 0.56)

Weight for height, z score

-0.83

(-1.37, -0.03)

0.44

(-0.51, 1.23)

0.10

(-0.51, 1.19)

Head circumference for age, z score

-0.13

(-0.46, 0.69)

-0.32

(-1.34, 0.41)

-0.36

(-1.20, 0.33)

Breast milk

   

Zearalenone, ng/mL

0.60

(0.35, 0.84)

0.43

(0.37, 0.49)

0.33

(0.26, 0.38)

Zearalenone, ng/kg bw per day

118

(69, 159)

81

(75, 99)

53

(41, 62)

Zearalenone > 0.25 µg/kg bw per day

0.0

0.0

0.0

Deoxynivalenol, ng/mL

16.7

(4.7, 25.8)

18.7

(12.5, 31.8)

11.3

(5.9, 18.1)

Deoxynivalenol, ng/kg bw per day

3273

(921, 4876)

3553

(2538, 6110)

1831

(956, 2841)

Deoxynivalenol > 1.0 µg/kg bw per day

73.7

89.5

73.7

  1. *Data were given as % or mean ± SD or median (quartiles)