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. 2005 May 12;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-4-17

Table 2.

Physical characteristics of infants born to normal weight and obese biological mothers

Parameter for infants Biological Mothers
Normal weight Obese

Body weight (kg) 7.4 ± 0.6 7.4 ± 1.1
Length (cm) 69 ± 6 69 ± 0.9
Age (months) 4.7 ± 0.1 5.1 ± 1.0
BMI (weight;kg/height2;m) 15.6 ± 1.4 15.8 ± 1.9
Body fat (%) 26 ± 2 26 ± 3
Weight for length (percentile) 27 ± 23 31 ± 30
Weight for length Z-score -0.1 ± 0.9 0.07 ± 1.20
Weight for age (percentile) 72 ± 20 73 ± 17
Weight for age Z-score -0.02 ± 1.20 0.02 ± 1.00
Length for age (percentile) 73 ± 23 89 ± 9
Length for age Z-score -0.4 ± 0.6 0.39 ± 0.28