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. 2020 Jun 15;7(2):380–392. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020032

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%