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Table 1 Characteristics of all singleton, term infants born in Tuebingen during the study period and the study population

From: Neonatal body composition: crossectional study in healthy term singletons in Germany

  

All singleton infants > 37 weeks n = 2225*

Study population n = 271

Female

n (%)

1099 (49.4%)

153 (56.5%)**

Gestational age at birth (weeks)

Mean (SD)

39.6 (1.2)

39.7 (1.1)

Birth weight (g)

Mean (SD)

3384 (467)

3389 (440)

Birth length (cm)

Mean (SD)

51.0 (2.3)

50.9 (2.3)

Birth head circumference (cm)

Mean (SD)

35.0 (1.6)

34.9 (1.3)

Admission to Neonatology

n (%)

415 (18.7%)

27 (10.0%)**

Duration hospital stay (days)

Median

  

All Infants

(Q1, Q3)

3.0 (2.2–3.9)

3.3 (2.4–3.9)

Admission to Neonatology

 

4.0 (3.2–5.0)

3.7 (3.3–4.6)

Without Admission to Neonatology

 

2.7 (2.0–3.6)

3.2 (2.4–3.8)**

  1. * All singleton, healthy, term infants > 37 weeks excluding study participants n = 2225. Data retrospectively extracted without identifiers from the hospital quality assurance database
  2. ** Significantly different from population of infants not-included in the study (p < 0.05 by Chi-square and t-test, respectively)