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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2015 Feb 20;138:118–129. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.01.008

Table 2.

Description of birth outcomes for singleton deliveries (n=235).

Birth outcomes Mean ± SD or n (%) Minimum 25th %tile Median 75th %tile Maximum
Sex
 Female 119 (50.6%) - - - - -
 Male 116 (49.4%) - - - - -
 2nd sex ratio 0.97 ± 0.01 - - - - -
Gestation
 Gestational age at delivery (weeks) 36.66 ± 2.21 22 36 37 38 42
 Preterm delivery a 23 (11.3%) - - - - -
 Delivery by medical intervention 151 (65.9%) - - - - -
Birth size
 Weight (grams) 3,382.31 ± 487.52 2,012.81 3,061.75 3,387.77 3,713.78 5,017.86
 Low birth weight 10 (4.3%) - - - - -
 Length (cm) 50.51 ± 2.73 43.18 48.26 50.8 53.34 55.88
 Head circumference (cm) 34.80 ± 2.16 27.94 33.02 35.56 35.56 48.26
 Ponderal index 2.62 ± 0.31 1.76 2.40 2.60 2.85 3.63
a

Defined as <35 weeks completed gestation from the date of ovulation.