Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for anthropometric and sociodemographic factors relating to the 1990-born Birth to Twenty (Bt20) and the 1983/84-born Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) cohorts
| Bt20 |
CLHNS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % or Mean | 95% CI or SD | n | % or Mean | 95% CI or SD |
| Female | 1084 | 51·7 | 48·7, 54·6 | 2379 | 46·4 | 44·4, 48·5 |
| Maternal height (cm) | 1084 | 158·2*** | 6·0 | 2353 | 150·6 | 5·05 |
| Birth weight (kg) | 1082 | 3·09*** | 0·51 | 2314 | 2·99 | 0·44 |
| Low birth weight (≤2500 g) | 552 | 6·5 | 4·5, 8·6 | 2314 | 11·5** | 10·2, 12·8 |
| Very low birth weight (≤2000 g) | 1·1 | 0·2, 2·0 | 1·9 | 1·3, 2·5 | ||
| Gestational age (weeks) | 1064 | 38·0 | 1·8 | 2331 | 38·4*** | 2·1 |
| Pre-term (≤36 weeks) | 1064 | 12·8 | 10·8, 14·8 | 2331 | 17·8** | 16·2, 19·3 |
| Term (37–41 weeks) | 86·9** | 84·9, 89·0 | 76·8 | 75·1, 78·5 | ||
| Post-term (≥42 weeks) | 0·3 | 0·0, 0·6 | 5·4** | 4·5, 6·4 | ||
| Parity | 1084 | 2·14 | 1·32 | 2383 | 2·70*** | 2·02 |
| Primaparous | 1084 | 36·7** | 33·8, 39·6 | 2383 | 21·5 | 19·8, 23·1 |
| SGA | 1062 | 11·7 | 9·7, 13·6 | 2300 | 20·9** | 19·2, 22·5 |
| Stunted at 1 year | 550 | 8·7 | 6·4, 11·1 | 1944 | 32·6** | 30·5, 34·7 |
| Stunted at 2 years | 464 | 21·1 | 17·4, 24·8 | 1827 | 48·9** | 46·6, 51·2 |
SGA, small for gestational age.
*
Significance: P<0·05,
**
P<0·01,
***
P<0·001.