Table 5.

Relationship between maternal illness in pregnancy and frequency of sub-classes of small-for-gestational age babies

	Symmetrical SGA	Asymmetrical SGA	All SGA
	N = 26	N = 33	N = 59
Illness in pregnancy	No affected (%)	No affected (%)	No affected (%)
*Hypertensive disease	3 (11.5)	13 (39.4)	16 (27.1)
HIV infection	3 (11.5)	2 (6.1)	5 (8.5)
Sickle cell anaemia	2 (7.7)	2 (6.1)	4 (6.8)
Anaemia	2 (7.7)	0 (0.0)	2 (3.4)
Uterine fibroids	1 (3.8)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.7)
Achondroplasia	1 (3.8)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.7)
Malaria	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)	1 (1.7)
No illness	14 (53.8)	16 (48.5)	30 (50.8)

Figures in brackets are percentages of N.

*Hypertensive disease comprises pre-eclampsia / eclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, essential hypertension.