Table 2.

Mean demographic characteristics overall and by trajectory classification

Trajectories	Maternal education at birth (years)	Maternal height at birth (cm)	Infant weight at birth (kg)	Male	BMI at age 2 years (kg/m2)	Assets at age 2 years	Urbanicity at age 2 years	Breast-feeding duration (months)
Overall	7·51	150·63	3·00	0·52	15·56	2·65	28·42	13·53
Normal consumers	6·61	150·46	3·01	0·50	15·59	2·23	25·47	15·06
High consumers in infancy	9·26	151·17	3·01	0·50	15·59	3·46	33·27	10·60
Usually high consumers	8·38	150·64	2·98	0·65	15·55	3·00	32·74	12·12
Always high consumers	10·11	150·68	2·85	0·50	15·03	3·92	34·66	8·50
F statistic*	102·99	2·56	5·01	28·01	6·35	75·18	67·17	61·01
P	<0·001	0·053	0·002	<0·001	<0·001	<0·001	<0·001	<0·001

^*ANOVA for continuous variables or χ ² test for categorical variables (sex).