Table 4. Maternal height.
$no p-value given; according to researchers this value is best cut-off limit with highest sensitivity and specificity product.
In BOLD statistically significant
| MATERNAL HEIGHT | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Countries | Study population | Subjects (n) | Study type | Measured at | Cut-off value | Stat.test | LBW | IUGR | Pre-term |
| Verhoeff, Brabin, van Buuren et al 200130 | Malawi | PW attending antenatal services | 1423 women | prospective; univariate analysis | at 1st antenatal visit (any time during gestation) | <150 cm | OR (95% CI) | 1.5 (1.2-2.0) | 1.5 (1.1-2.0) | |
| prospective; multivariate analysis | at 1st antenatal visit (any time during gestation) | <150 cm | OR (p-value) | 1.6 (p<0.003) | ||||||
| Mohanty, Prasad, Reddy et al 20063 | India | PW from antenatal clinics | 395 women | prospective | 1st trimester | ≤152 cm | RR | 2.08$ | ||
| Ojha and Malla 200733 | Nepal | PW delivering in a hospital | 308 women | prospective | delivery | <145 cm | OR (95%CI) | 1.87 (0.98-5.65) | ||
| Dhar, Bhadra 200834 | Bangladesh | PW attending hospital | 316 women | cross-sectional | during pregnancy | <146 cm | OR (95%CI) | 3.1 (1.37-6.95) | ||
| during pregnancy | <151 cm | 2.66 (1.3-5.49) | ||||||||
| during pregnancy | <156 cm | 1.21 (0.50-3.02) | ||||||||
| Elshibly, Schmalisch 200835 | Sudan | PW delivering in a hospital | 1000 women | prospective | delivery | <156 cm | RR (95%CI) | 1.52 (1.05-2.2) | ||