Table 1.

Differences in early-life traits, maternal traits and early growth trajectory between children stunted or non-stunted at 2 years

	Stunted (n = 309)		Non-stunted (n = 494)
	Number	%	Number	%	Odds Ratioa	95% CI	P-value
Male	157	50.8	258	52.2	0.94	0.71, 1.26	0.6
Rural	171	55.3	255	51.6	1.16	0.87, 1.54	0.3
Low birth weight	106	34.3	64	12.9	3.51	2.47, 4.99	<0.0001
First-born	193	37.7	233	47.2	0.67	0.50, 0.90	0.007
Birth order 3+	108	34.9	113	22.9	1.81	1.32, 2.48	<0.0001
Preterm	24	7.8	28	5.7	1.40	0.80, 2.46	0.2
Maternal BMI < 18.5 kg/m2	113	36.7	124	25.1	1.73	1.27, 2.35	<0.0001
Maternal BMI > 23 kg/m2	14	4.5	43	8.7	0.50	0.27, 0.93	0.026

	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Differenceb	95% CI	P-value
Maternal age (y)	21.8	3.8	21.4	3.4	0.4	−0.1, 0.9	0.13
Education (y)	2.7	4.0	5.1	4.7	2.4	−3.1, −1.8	<0.0001
Asset score	1.72	1.20	2.05	1.16	−0.32	−0.49, −0.16	<0.0001
Maternal height (cm)	148.8	5.9	151.9	5.1	3.1	−4.1, −2.6	<0.0001
Maternal BMI (kg/m2)	19.3	2.3	20.0	2.3	0.7	−1.0, −0.3	<0.0001
Gestational age (weeks)	39.2	1.6	39.6	1.6	−0.4	−0.6, −0.1	0.002
Birth weight (kg)	2.61	0.39	2.88	0.41	−0.27	−0.33, −0.21	<0.0001
Birth length (cm)	48.2	2.5	49.3	3.1	−1.1	−1.5, −0.7	<0.0001
Birth head girth (cm)	33.3	2.3	33.9	2.2	−0.6	−0.9, −0.2	<0.0001
Age at follow up at 2.5 years	2.6	0.4	2.5	0.3	0.0	−0.0, 0.1	0.3
Weight (kg)	9.5	0.8	11.5	1.2	−2.0	−2.1, −1.8	<0.0001
Length (cm)	81.2	3.8	85.3	4.5	−4.2	−4.7, −3.6	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	14.5	1.1	15.8	1.4	−1.3	−1.5, −1.2	<0.0001
Head girth (cm)	45.9	1.4	46.8	1.4	−0.9	−1.1, −0.7	<0.0001

^aOdds ratio computed from Chi-square test

^bDifference computed by independent samples t-test