Table 10 |
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Effects of maternal ethnicity, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), parity, and age on fetal femur length (FL) |
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Maternal factor |
Mean |
95%CI |
SD |
p-value |
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Ethnicity |
0.24 |
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Fulani |
24.53 |
22.89 |
26.17 |
7.7 |
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Kirdi |
25.79 |
24.18 |
27.41 |
8.0 |
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Weight (centiles) |
0.20 |
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< 10 |
23.33 |
19.95 |
26.72 |
8.4 |
|
|
10–90 |
25.26 |
23.96 |
26.57 |
7.8 |
|
|
90+ |
26.53 |
22.97 |
30.08 |
7.8 |
|
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Height (centiles) |
0.22 |
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< 10 |
24.05 |
20.66 |
27.44 |
8.4 |
|
|
10–90 |
25.18 |
23.84 |
26.52 |
7.8 |
|
|
90+ |
26.04 |
22.99 |
29.09 |
7.6 |
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BMI (centiles) |
0.60 |
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< 10 |
21.61 |
17.99 |
25.24 |
7.3 |
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|
10–90 |
25.45 |
24.17 |
26.73 |
7.7 |
|
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90+ |
26.42 |
22.89 |
29.95 |
8.3 |
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Parity |
0.11 |
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0 |
23.95 |
23.02 |
24.88 |
8.7 |
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|
1 |
24.21 |
23.37 |
25.05 |
7.7 |
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2 |
24.77 |
23.62 |
25.92 |
7.7 |
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|
3 |
23.88 |
22.77 |
24.99 |
5.6 |
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4 |
24.63 |
23.40 |
25.86 |
8.2 |
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5+ |
25.63 |
24.53 |
26.73 |
7.4 |
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Age |
0.17 |
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-19 |
25.32 |
23.91 |
26.74 |
8.6 |
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20–24 |
24.91 |
24.15 |
25.66 |
7.8 |
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|
25–29 |
24.62 |
23.98 |
25.27 |
7.9 |
|
|
30–34 |
23.99 |
23.03 |
24.96 |
8.3 |
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|
35+ |
23.71 |
22.27 |
25.15 |
7.1 |
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Analysis of variance (ANOVA), adjustments for gestational age. Parity and age were adjusted for each other. |
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Salpou et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008 8:48 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-8-48 |
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