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Table 2 Mean maternal age, anthropometric indices and interpregnancy interval of symmetrical and asymmetrical small-for-gestational age babies

From: Current pattern of Ponderal Indices of term small-for-gestational age in a population of Nigerian babies

 

Symmetrical

Asymmetrical

  
 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

t

p

Maternal age (yrs)

28.24 ± 4.63

30.18 ± 4.55

1.61

0.11

Maternal weight (kg)

65.1 ± 15.63

71.4 ± 11.73

1.71

0.09

Maternal height (m)

1.55 ± 0.082

1.58 ± 0.064

0.49

0.63

Maternal BMI (kg/m2)

26.80 ± 4.86

28.60 ± 3.91

1.54

0.13

Inter-pregnancy

Interval (yrs)

3.33 ± 3 42

2.33 ± 1.37

1.40

0.17

  1. BMI, body mass index.
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