Participating families

Criteria for inclusion of volunteers

To participate in the SEPAGES cohort, women had to be over 18 years of age, have medical insurance (French or foreign), be pregnant less than 19 gestational weeks, have a singleton pregnancy (no twins), reside in Isère within one hour of Grenoble, have no plans to leave the inclusion zone in the next two years, and choose to give birth in one of the four maternity clinics in Grenoble (Clinique Belledonne, Clinique des Cedres, Clinique du Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste, or the Hôpital Couple Enfant). If the partner was over 18 and had medical insurance, he could be included once the mother was included.

Grenoble

The SEPAGES volunteers in a few figures

Key figures for volunteers

Mode of delivery:

70%

with epidural or other local anesthesia

21%

with no anesthesia

9%

with general anesthesia


Age of women when included in the study


Working status of women during pregnancy

93%

Active

4%

Housewife

3%

Unemployed

Key figures on children in cohort

Distribution of children

469
children

219
girls

250
boys

Birth weight in grams

3300g
Average weight

3 %
< 2 500g

97 %
≥ 2 500g


Baby’s height at birth

Breastfeeding at birth

94%

Breastfed children

6%

Nonbreastfed children

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