AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001
Variable
Criteria for optimality
A: Social background
Education of partner&
More than elementary
Education of mother´s father*
More than elementary
Marital state at time of delivery*
Married (or permanently living together)
Parenthood course*
Participated in parenthood course
Race and nationality
[Not defined for the study cohort]
Education of mother&
More than elementary
Smoking of partner
Not smoking
Family history of congenital anomalies No
Previous baby with congenital
anomalies
No
Previous legal abortion
No
Height of mother
160 – 180 cm
Age of mother
20 – 31 years
BMI (weight / height2) of mother
18.8 – 24.2
B: Non-obstetrical conditions during
pregnancy
Smoking of mother
No smoking during whole pregnancy
Illness first trimester
No
Surgical therapy during gestation
No
Family history of diabetes
No
Diabetes (including gestational) of
gravida
No
Heart disease
No
Epilepsy
No
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