Table 2.

Anthropometric measurements and body composition of children with CGIAs compared with a reference group of term-born, healthy children at preschool-age

Variable	CGIA (n=34)	Reference (n=51)	p-value
Demographics
Male sex	22 (65)	26 (51)	0.27
White Race	31 (91)	38 (75)	0.09
Mother’s education (college & above)	29 (85.3)	45 (88.3)	0.75
Gestational age (wks)	37.9 (1.71)	39.8 (1.03)	<0.001
Birth weight (kg)	3.22 (0.69)	3.53 (0.46)	0.02
Age at preschool visit (yrs)	4.7 (0.63)	4.37 (0.23)	0.005
Anthropometric measurements
Weight z-score	−0.16 (1.05)	0.02 (1.03)	0.40
Height z-score	0.04 (1.00)	−0.08 (0.84)	0.56
BMI z-score	−0.18 (0.91)	0.16 (0.77)	0.07
Body composition
Fat-free mass (kg)	14.0 (2.57)	13.72 (1.40)	0.56
Fat mass (kg)	3.59 (1.23)	3.46 (1.13)	0.62
Percent body fat	20.38 (6.38)	19.85 (5.00)	0.68

p-values calculated from two-sample t-test, data expressed as mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables or n (%) for categorical variables