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Table 1 Newborns characteristics (n = 120), Santa Cruz - Brazil - 2017

From: Chest circumference in full-term newborns: how can it be predicted?

	Boys (n = 67) n (%)/Mean (SD)	Girls (n = 53) n (%)/Mean (SD)	p-value
Weight (g)	3360.22 ± 365.36	3142.24 ± 356.82	0.003^a
Length (cm)	49.18 ± 2.20	47.67 ± 2.21	< 0.001^a
GA (weeks)	39.20 ± 1.20	39.05 ± 1.35	0.428^a
HR (bpm)	126.40 ± 16.19	129.88 ± 20.70	0.564^a
RR (brpm)	48.71 ± 9.01	46.33 ± 8.89	0.223^a
SBP (mmHg)	122.58 ± 17.29	126.45 ± 21.34	0.248^a
DBP (mmHg)	47.01 ± 10.42	45.83 ± 9.07	0.682^a
CC (cm)	34.13 ± 1.46	33.51 ± 1.39	0.036^a
HC (cm)	34.80 ± 1.35	34.18 ± 0,89	0.006^a
Type of delivery			0.157^b
Vaginal	37 (55.2)	36 (67.9)
Cesarean	30 (44.8)	17 (32.1)

a Mann-Whitney, b Chi-squared, g gram, cm centimeter, bpm beats per minute, brpm breaths per minute, mmHG millimeters of mercury, GA gestational age, HR heart rate, RR respiratory rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CC chest circumference, HC head circumference

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