Skip to main content
. 2020 Oct 20;17(20):7652. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207652

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of studied population.

Quantitative Variables All Locations (n = 194) Inland Area (n = 120) Floating Area (n = 74) p Value *
N (Missing) Mean (SD) Median (Min–Max) N (Missing) Mean (SD) Median (Min–Max) N (Missing) Mean (SD) Median (Min–Max)
Maternal age 194 (0) 26.7 (6.2) 25.0 (17.0−44.0) 120 (0) 26.7 (6.5) 25.5 (17−44) 74 (0) 26.6 (5.7) 25.0 (18–43) 0.787
Maternal weight (kg) 194 (0) 58.8 (8.1) 58.0 (41.0−84.0) 120 (0) 60.3 (7.9) 60.0 (45.0–84.0) 74 (0) 56.4 (8.0) 56.0 (41.0–79.0) 0.002
Maternal height (cm) 194 (0) 155.3 (5.2) 155.0 (145−167) 120 (0) 156.9 (4.8) 156.0 (145–167) 74 (0) 152.6 (4.7) 153.5 (145–165) <0.001
Maternal BMI (kg/m2) 194 (0) 24.4 (3.0) 24.1 (17.7−34.7) 120 (0) 24.5 (2.9) 24.2 (18.3–32.8) 74 (0) 24.2(3.2) 24.1 (17.7–34.7) 0.527
Education (years) 156 (38) 6.3 (3.0) 6.0 (0−13) 108 (12) 7.1 (3.0) 7 (0–13) 48 (26) 4.6 (2.0) 5.0 (1–9) <0.001
Gravida 194 (0) 2.5 (1.8) 2.0 (1.0−10.0) 120 (0) 2.1 (1.5) 2 (1–10) 74 (0) 3.1 (2.1) 2.0 (1–9) 0.001
Gestational age (weeks) 144 (50) 39.1 (1.0) 39.1 (38−42) 79 (41) 40.0 (0.8) 40.0 (38–42) 65 (9) 38.4 (0.7) 38.0 (38–40) <0.001
Birth weight (kg) 149 (45) 3.1 (0.4) 3.0 (2.0−4.4) 83 (37) 3.2 (0.4) 3.1 (2.4–4.4) 66 (8) 3.0 (0.4) 3 (2.0–3.8) 0.001
Birth length (cm) 147 (47) 48.9 (2.9) 49.0 (32.0−58.0) 83 (37) 48.5 (3.4) 49.0 (32.0–54.0) 64 (10) 49.5 (2.2) 49.0 (46.0–58.0) 0.311
Head circumference 147 (47) 31.7 (2.9) 32.0 (24.7−54.0) 82 (38) 32.8 (2.6) 33.0 (28.0–54.0) 65 (9) 30.2 (2.6) 30.0 (27.0–39.0) <0.001
Ponderal index 147 (47) 26.9 (7.3) 25.5 (15.08−91.55) 83 (37) 28.6 (8.9) 27.0 (21.6–91.55) 64 (10) 24.7 (3.4) 24.7 (15.1–33.7) <0.001
Categorical variables Category All locations (n = 194) Inland area (n = 120) Floating area (n = 74)
Count Percentage Count Percentage Count Percentage
Parity Para 0/Para (1−3)/Para (≥4) 82/93/19 42.3/47.9/9.8 59/56/5 49.2/46.7/4.2 23/37/14 31.1/50.0/18.9
Newborns gender Boy/Girl/Missing data 81/91/22 41.7/46.9/11.3 58/44/18 48.3/36.7/15.0 23/47/4 31.1/63.5/5.4
Occupation Housewife/Workers/Farmers/Teachers/Fishing 67/29/55/4/39 34.5/14.9/28.4/2.1/20.1 34/28/54/4/0 28.3/23.3/45.0/3.3/0 33/1/1/0/39 44.6/1.4/1.4/0/52.7
Water source River and Pond/Rainwater/Well/Bottled 77/64/45/8 39.7/32.9/23.2/4.1 8/64/45/3 6.7/53.3/37.5/2.5 69/0/0/5 93.2/0/0/6.8
Insecticide use No/Yes 85/109 43.8/56.2 70/50 58.3/41.7 15/59 20.3/79.7
Where use the insecticide Home and farm/Home only 36/73 33.0/67.0 35/15 70/30 1/58 1.7/98.3
Food source In village/Market/Missing data 123/70/1 63.4/36.1/0.5 119/1/0 99.2/0.8/0 4/69/1 5.4/93.2/1.4

* Mann–Whitney U test.