Table 1.
All | Hb1<110 g/l | Hb1 ≥120 g/l | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P value* | |
Age (years) | 23·9 | 3·2 | 23·3 | 2·9 | 24·4 | 3·3 | 0·076 |
Height (cm) | 155·6 | 5·4 | 156·0 | 5·3 | 155·3 | 5·6 | 0·555 |
Weight (kg) | 51·5 | 8·9 | 49·8 | 9·1 | 52·6 | 8·6 | 0·118 |
Final gestational age (weeks) | 38·6 | 1·4 | 38·7 | 1·4 | 38·5 | 1·4 | 0·361 |
Birth weight (g) | 2771 | 449 | 2836 | 482 | 2728 | 424 | 0·240 |
Hb1 (g/l) | 119 | 18 | 98 | 7 | 133 | 6 | <0·001 |
Total supplemental Fe intake (mg) | 7329 | 736 | 7392 | 674 | 7288 | 777 | 0·504 |
LBW (n) | 33 | 10 | 23 | 0·165 | |||
% | 33 | 25 | 38 |
Hb1, Hb in trimester 1; LBW, low birth weight.
Calculated by the independent-sample t test for continuous data and by the χ 2 test for categorical data. P<0·05 was considered to be statistically significant.