Table 2.
Prevalence of delivery outcomes (low birthweight and small for the gestational age) according to family income quintiles among four birth cohort studies in Pelotas
| Outcomes | Pelotas 1982 | Pelotas 1993 | Pelotas 2004 | Pelotas 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1sta | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1sta | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1sta | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1sta | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| p <0.001 | p = 0.006 | p <0.001 | p =0.003 | |||||||||||||||||
| Low Birthweight (%) | 13.5 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 8.3 |
| p <0.001 | p <0.001 | p <0.001 | p = 0.003 | |||||||||||||||||
| Small for the Gestational Age (%) | 22.3 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 13,1 | 8.2 | 19.5 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 14.6 | 11.9 | 15.7 | 14.7 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 7.3 |
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