| Gestational Weight Gain % | p-Value | Birth Weight | LGA, n = 20 | p-Value | ||
| Insufficient | Excessive |
SGA, n = 108 |
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| Chronological age (years) | ||||||
| ≤15, n = 204 |
31.9 | 39.7 | 0.038 | 22.5 | 3.4 | 0.601 |
| ≥16, n = 326 |
42.9 | 32.5 | 19.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Beginning antenatal care | ||||||
| First, n = 89 | 37.1 | 33.7 | 0.762 | 15.7 | 3.4 | 0.134 |
| Second, n = 338 |
37.9 | 37.0 | 21.0 | 5.0 | ||
| Third, n = 103 |
42.7 | 31.1 | 22.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single, n = 323 |
37.8 | 37.2 | 0.525 | 20.4 | 4.3 | 0.694 |
| Cohabiting, n = 207 |
40.1 | 32.4 | 20.3 | 2.9 | ||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Student, n = 57 |
42.1 | 36.8 | 0.655 | 19.3 | 1.8 | 0.668 |
| Housewife, n = 473 |
38.3 | 35.1 | 20.5 | 4.0 | ||
| Socioeconomic level | ||||||
| Middle, n = 143 |
38.5 | 37.1 | 0.464 | 18.9 | 2.8 | 0.292 |
| Low, n = 213 | 34.7 | 37.1 | 17.8 | 3.3 | ||
| Very low, n = 174 |
43.7 | 31.6 | 24.7 | 5.1 | ||
| School dropout | ||||||
| No, n = 193 | 37.3 | 38.3 | 0.526 | 19.2 | 3.6 | 0.858 |
| Yes, n = 337 | 39.5 | 33.5 | 21.1 | 3.9 | ||
| Gestational age | ||||||
| Term >37, n = 473 |
40.0 | 34.7 | 0.215 | 19.9 | 3.6 | 0.550 |
| Preterm, n = 57 |
28.1 | 40.4 | 26.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Number of prenatal visits | ||||||
| ≤6, n = 437 | 41.6 | 33.9 | 0.459 | 19.7 | 3.4 | 0.877 |
| ≥7, n = 93 | 36.4 | 36.4 | 20.9 | 4.0 | ||
| Percentages estimated by rows. SGA: small for gestational age. LGA: large for gestational age. p-value determined by Pearson’s Chi-Square. | ||||||