Table 9 |
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Effects of maternal ethnicity, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), parity, and age on head circumference (HC) |
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Maternal factor |
Mean |
95%CI |
SD |
p-value |
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Ethnicity |
0.89 |
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Fulani |
136.59 |
135.21 |
137.97 |
36.6 |
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|
Kirdi |
136.46 |
135.13 |
137.78 |
40.4 |
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Weight (centiles) |
0.22 |
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< 10 |
135.47 |
132.66 |
138.27 |
39.4 |
|
|
10–90 |
136.30 |
135.23 |
137.37 |
38.2 |
|
|
90+ |
139.45 |
136.43 |
142.46 |
39.0 |
|
|
|
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Height (centiles) |
0.58 |
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< 10 |
136.10 |
133.17 |
139.03 |
37.5 |
|
|
10–90 |
137.05 |
135.95 |
138.14 |
39.6 |
|
|
90+ |
134.00 |
131.46 |
136.55 |
39.6 |
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BMI (centiles) |
0.20 |
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< 10 |
135.68 |
132.62 |
138.73 |
32.9 |
|
|
10–90 |
136.42 |
135.35 |
137.49 |
38.8 |
|
|
90+ |
138.19 |
135.16 |
141.22 |
38.1 |
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Parity |
0.27 |
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|
0 |
132.01 |
129.21 |
134.81 |
41.8 |
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|
1 |
131.25 |
128.68 |
133.82 |
36.3 |
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|
2 |
132.64 |
129.26 |
136.02 |
40.9 |
|
|
3 |
135.78 |
132.38 |
139.17 |
40.8 |
|
|
4 |
132.05 |
128.30 |
135.81 |
40.0 |
|
|
5+ |
134.50 |
131.04 |
137.97 |
34.0 |
|
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Age |
0.34 |
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-19 |
134.81 |
130.45 |
139.16 |
45.6 |
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20–24 |
134.26 |
131.85 |
136.66 |
38.1 |
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|
25–29 |
132.09 |
130.00 |
134.17 |
36.7 |
|
|
30–34 |
132.44 |
129.52 |
135.36 |
43.1 |
|
|
35+ |
131.60 |
127.09 |
136.11 |
33.9 |
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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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