Table 1. Sociodemographic factors of short and tall stature mothers with baseline characteristics of infants' anthropometry by maternal stature.
Sociodemographic factors | Maternal stature < 150 cm (n = 444) | Maternal stature ≥ 150 cm (n = 1883) | P value |
Maternal age (years): mean (SD) | 29.1 (6.6) | 29.8 (6.4) | 0.091 |
Maternal weight (kg): mean (SD) | 52.0 (12.6) | 58.6 (12.8) | <0.001 |
Maternal height (cm): mean (SD) | 145.0 (9.9) | 156.5 (4.8) | <0.001 |
Maternal education | <0.001 | ||
No education | 60.1% | 50.3% | |
Primary | 15.5% | 15.7% | |
Secondary | 18.0% | 20.2% | |
Higher | 6.3% | 13.8% | |
Child sex | 0.311 | ||
Boys | 312/636 (49.1%) | 1394/2718 (51.3%) | |
Girls | 324/636 (50.9%) | 1324/2718 (48.7%) | |
Height (cm), weight (kg): (mean, SD) | |||
0–11 months | (60.9, 8.4), (6.1, 1.8) | (63.3, 9.2), (6.6, 1.9) | 0.007, 0.002 |
12–23 months | (72.2, 8.1), (8.6, 1.6) | (75.6, 6.2), (9.1, 1.6) | <0.001, 0.006 |
24–35 months | (81.1, 8.4), (10.7, 1.9) | (83.3, 7.5), (11.2, 1.9) | 0.011, 0.050 |
36–47 months | (85.5, 9.4), (12.2, 2.4) | (90.9, 8.5), (13.1, 2.1) | <0.001, <0.001 |
48–59 months | (91.6, 12.5), (14.1, 2.8) | (97.4, 9.5), (14.5, 2.3) | 0.001, 0.111 |
Infant anthropometry | |||
Stunted(%) | |||
0–11 months | 49/134, 36.6% | 117/514, 22.8% | <0.001 |
12–23 months | 74/108, 68.5% | 187/484, 38.6% | |
24–35 months | 86/130, 66.2% | 299/570, 52.5% | |
36–47 months | 93/128, 72.7% | 264/563, 46.9% | |
48–59 months | 98/136, 72.1% | 268/587, 445.7% | |
Underweight(%) | |||
0–11 months | 44/134, 32.8% | 105/514, 20.4% | <0.001 |
12–23 months | 45/108, 41.7% | 116/484, 24.0% | |
24–35 months | 45/130, 34.6% | 150/570, 26.3% | |
36–47 months | 50/128, 39.1% | 134/563, 23.8% | |
48–59 months | 55/136, 40.4% | 150/587, 25.6% | |
Wasting(%) | |||
0–11 months | 22/134, 16.4% | 67/514, 13.0% | 0.613 |
12–23 months | 18/108, 16.7% | 70/484, 14.5% | |
24–35 months | 8/130, 6.2% | 46/570, 8.1% | |
36–47 months | 13/128 10.2% | 40/563, 7.1% | |
48–59 months | 5/136, 3.7% | 41/587, 7.0% | |
Overweight(%) | |||
0–11 months | 13/134, 9.7% | 47/514, 9.1% | <0.001 |
12–23 months | 16/108, 14.8% | 27/484, 5.6% | |
24–35 months | 20/130, 15.4% | 52/570, 9.1% | |
36–47 months | 22/128 17.2% | 50/563, 8.9% | |
48–59 months | 27/136, 19.9% | 47/587, 8.0% |