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Table 2 Maternal and neonatal anthropometric indices in the studied mothers and infants

From: Maternal dietary diversity and nutritional adequacy in relation with anthropometric measurements of newborns at birth: a cohort study in Tehran city

Variable (unit)

Mean ± SD

Prenatal weight (kg)

63.40 ± 11.07

Mother height (cm)

160.80 ± 5.95

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg / m 2)

24.52 ± 4.12

Maternal weight gain during pregnancy (kg)

12.16 ± 6.85

Pre-pregnancy energy intake (Kcal/day)

2781.30 ± 1054.37

Pregnancy (third trimester) energy intake (Kcal/day)

2755.97 ± 989.46

Pre-pregnancy Diversity Score

5.31 ± 1.11

Third trimester of pregnancy DDS

5.23 ± 1.42

Pre-pregnancy MAR

289.85 ± 113.12

Pregnancy MAR pregnant

371.07 ± 197.28

Birth weight (gr)

3179.87 ± 486.96

Birth height (cm)

49.76 ± 2.20

WAZ

−0.32 ± 1.08

HAZ

0.13 ± 1.92

BAZ

−0.61 ± 1.48

HCZ

−0.11 ± 1.56

  1. DDS Dietary Diversity Scores, MAR Mean Adequacy Ratio, WAZ Weight for Age Z-score, HAZ Height for Age Z-score, BAZ BMI for Age Z-score, HCZ Head Circumference for age Z-score