Table 3.
Baby anthropometric measurements a by intervention arm
Measure | TC arm | nTC arm | P d |
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| |||
Sex | |||
Girls [N(%)] | 34 (48%) | 36 (49%) | 0.86 e |
Boys | 37 (52%) | 37 (51%) | |
| |||
Weight (kg) | |||
Mean (SD) | 3.41 (0.49) | 3.49 (0.43) | 0.32 |
Range | [1.97–4.72] | [2.63–4.58] | |
| |||
Length (cm) a | |||
Mean (SD) | 50.13 (2.69) | 50.81 (2.26) | 0.12 |
Range | [43.2–58.5] | [45.1–55.0] | |
| |||
BMI b | |||
Mean (SD) | 13.56 (1.50) | 13.48 (1.33) | 0.75 |
Range | [9.7–17.1] | [11.3–16.7] | |
| |||
Head circumference (cm) a | |||
Mean (SD) | 34.22 (1.39) | 34.60 (1.35) | 0.17 |
Range | [31.0–36.5] | [31.5–37.5] | |
5th percentile c [N(%)] | 5 (12%) | 2 (3.3%) | 0.12 f |
A total of 9 babies were missing birth length (6 in the TC arm and 3 in the nTC arm) and 41 babies were missing head circumference (30 in the TC arm and 11 in the nTC arm).
Body mass index: weight in kg/(length in cm) 2
<32.25 cm for girls and <32.15 cm for boys
T-test unless otherwise indicated
Chi square test
Fisher’s Exact test