Table 1.
Sub-classification of small-for-gestational age babies according to Sex, socioeconomic index and anthropometric indices
| |
Symmetrical |
Asymmetrical |
All |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | χ2 | p | |
|
Sex | |||||
| Male |
10 (40.0) |
15 (60.0) |
25 (100.0) |
|
|
| Female |
16 (47.1) |
18 (52.9) |
34 (100.0) |
|
|
| Total |
26 (44.1) |
33 (55.9) |
59 (100.0) |
0.29 |
0.59 |
|
Socioeconomic categories | |||||
| Upper (I and II) |
13 (41.9) |
18 (58.1) |
31 (100.0) |
|
|
| Others (III, IV,V) |
13 (46.4) |
15 (53.6) |
28 (100.0) |
|
|
| Total |
26 (44.1) |
33 (55.9) |
59 (100.0) |
0.12 |
0.73 |
|
Anthropometric indices | |||||
| |
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
t |
p |
| Birth weight g |
2287 ± 227 |
2377 ± 245 |
2337 ± 240 |
1.46 |
0.15 |
| Length cm |
44.2 ± 1.24 |
47.4 ± 1.73 |
46.0 ± 2.19 |
8.27 |
0.000 |
| OFC cm |
32.6 ± 0.99 |
33.3 ± 1.10 |
33.0 ± 1.10 |
2.57 |
0.013 |
| PI g/cm3 | 2.65 ± 0.26 | 2.24 ± 0.26 | 2.42 ± 0.33 | 6.01 | 0.000 |
OFC, occipitofrontal circumference.
PI, Ponderal Index.