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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the children with and without all anthropometric data at 4, 7 and 10 months old (n = 86,805)

From: Physical growth and neurodevelopment during the first year of life: a cohort study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

 

Boy

Girl

 

With data(n = 10,016)

Missing

Without data(n = 34,248)

Missing

Effect sizea

With data(n = 9,801)

Missing

Without data(n = 32,740)

Missing

Effect sizea

Gestational age, mean (SD), wk

39.4 (1.1)

0

39.4 (1.1)

0

0.00

39.5 (1.1)

0

39.5 (1.1)

0

0.00

Birth length, mean (SD), cm

49.4 (2.0)

0

49.4 (1.9)

0

0.01

48.8 (1.9)

0

48.8 (1.9)

0

0.01

Birth weight, mean (SD), g

3,088 (371)

0

3,117 (367)

0

0.03

2,993 (356)

0

3,021 (357)

0

0.03

Multipara (%)

5,179 (51.7)

0

21,291 (62.2)

0

0.09

5,040 (51.4)

0

20,455 (62.5)

0

0.09

Maternal age, mean (SD), y

31.4 (4.8)

1

31.1 (5.1)

4

0.03

31.4 (4.9)

0

31.0 (5.1)

1

0.03

Maternal smoking (%)

1,435 (14.5)

112

6,418 (19.3)

948

0.05

1,429 (14.7)

109

6,167 (19.4)

891

0.05

Maternal education (%)

 

83

 

856

0.05

 

88

 

799

0.06

  Junior high school

321 (3.2)

 

1,798 (5.4)

  

282 (2.9)

 

1,690 (5.3)

  

  High school

7,233 (72.8)

 

24,661 (73.9)

  

7,082 (72.9)

 

23,732 (74.3)

  

  University/graduate school

2,379 (24.0)

 

6,933 (20.8)

  

2,349 (24.2)

 

6,519 (20.4)

  

Paternal education (%)

 

137

 

1,073

0.04

 

137

 

1,010

0.04

  Junior high school

520 (5.3)

 

2,619 (7.9)

  

545 (5.6)

 

2,527 (8.0)

  

  High school

5,887 (59.6)

 

19,713 (59.4)

  

5,748 (59.5)

 

18,882 (59.5)

  

  University/graduate school

3,472 (35.1)

 

10,843 (32.7)

  

3,371 (34.9)

 

10,321 (32.5)

  

Family income (%)

 

723

 

3,207

0.04

 

687

 

2,882

0.03

  Low

3,428 (36.9)

 

12,719 (41.0)

  

3,453 (37.9)

 

12,232 (41.0)

  

  Middle

3,162 (34.0)

 

10,242 (33.0)

  

2,998 (32.9)

 

9,837 (32.9)

  

  High

2,703 (29.1)

 

8,080 (26.0)

  

2,663 (29.2)

 

7,789 (26.1)

  

Home speech stimulation (%)

8,115 (81.4)

50

26,998 (81.1)

950

0.00

7,916 (81.4)

75

25,879 (81.3)

901

0.00

ND at 6 months (%)

841 (8.9)

599

2,439 (8.5)

5,636

0.01

782 (8.5)

595

2,169 (7.9)

5,215

0.01

ND at 12 months (%)

1,576 (16.9)

712

4,253 (15.8)

7,324

0.01

1,221 (13.6)

819

3,247 (12.6)

6,945

0.01

  1. aEffect size indicates the strength of the difference between groups and is calculated as phi/Cramer’s V and r, using chi-square and Student’s t-tests for categorical and numerical variables, respectively.
  2. ND neurodevelopmental delay; SD standard deviation