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. 2013 Dec 6;8(12):e82098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082098

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of 11,898 healthy reference Chinese children aged 0∼3 years.

Variable Mean ± SD or n (%)
Male sex 6592, (55.4%)
Gestational age at birth, weeks 39.6±1.3
History of Breastfeeding 10,066(84.6%)
Age at the examination, months 9.27±7.60
Weight, kg 9.13±3.33
Weight-for-age Z scores 0.12±0.07
Height, cm 70.0±11.1
Height-for- age Z scores 0.09±0.06
Maternal pregnancy weight gain, kg 16.4±7.8
Maternal pregnancy calcium supplement use 7,590 (63.8%)
Birth weight, kg 3.232±0.469
Birth length, cm 49.6±5.3
Daily milk and/or breast milk intake, mL 750±251
Outdoor activity duration, h/d (in spring or autumn) 4.1±2.3
Physical activity duration, h/d 1.3±0.8
Calcium supplement use 3,926(33.0%)
Vitamin D supplement use 11,303(95.0%)