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Table 1 Maternal and fetal characteristics

From: Risk factors and outcomes of fetal macrosomia in a tertiary centre in Tanzania: a case-control study

 

Macrosomia Mean ± SD

Controls Mean ± SD

p-value

Age (yrs)

29.99 ± 5.61

28.45 ± 5.97

0.057

Parity

2.43 ± 1.8

1.22 ± 1.5

0.000

Height (m)

161.5 ± 5.59

159.7 ± 4.98

0.02

Weight at delivery (kg)

83.8 ± 13.14

73.4 ± 11.87

0.000

Gestational age (wks)

38.7 ± 1.37

38.2 ± 1.16

0.005

Birth weight (g)

4.2 ± 0.31

3.2 ± 0.35

0.000

 Males

4.3 ± 0.33

3.2 ± 0.36

 

 Females

4.2 ± 0.28

3.1 ± 0.35

 

Birth weight by mode of delivery

 Caesarean section

4.3 ± 0.32

3.2 ± 0.37

 

 Vaginal delivery

4.2 ± 0.29

3.1 ± 0.36

 

Serum calcium (mmol/L)

2.336 ± 0.15

2.334 ± 0.1882

0.93

Venous hematocrit (%)

54.9 ± 6.28

50.1 ± 5.30

0.000