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Table 2 Prevalence of delivery outcomes (low birthweight and small for the gestational age) according to family income quintiles among four birth cohort studies in Pelotas

From: LBW and IUGR temporal trend in 4 population-based birth cohorts: the role of economic inequality

Outcomes

Pelotas 1982

Pelotas 1993

Pelotas 2004

Pelotas 2011

1sta

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

1sta

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

1sta

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

1sta

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

 

p <0.001

p = 0.006

p <0.001

p =0.003

Low Birthweight (%)

13.5

8.6

6.9

6.6

5.7

10.6

10.2

9.2

9.1

6.2

13.1

10.5

6.6

7.5

7.0

13.0

12.1

10.5

10.3

8.3

 

p <0.001

p <0.001

p <0.001

p = 0.003

Small for the Gestational Age (%)

22.3

15.8

14.3

13,1

8.2

19.5

16.2

17.5

14.6

11.9

15.7

14.7

12.0

8.9

8.8

11.5

9.6

9.6

7.8

7.3

  1. aPoorest