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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Deceleration of fetal growth rate as alternative predictor for childhood outcomes: a birth cohort study

 

Total study-population

DG

SGA

n = 7959

n = 958

n = 408

Maternal age

29,7 (5,2)

28,9 (5,6)

29,1 (5,7)

Anthropometrics

 Height (cm)

167,2 (7,4)

165,8 (7,1)

164,0 (7,0)

 Weight (kg)

69,3 (13,3)

68,0 (13,0)

63,8 (12,5)

 BMI (kg/m2)

23,8 (19,3 - 33,6)

23,7 (19,0 - 34,1)

22,7 (18,4 - 31,6)

Ethnicity

 Non-Western

3171 (41,7%)

423 (46,6%)

206 (53,4%)

Educational level

 Low

971 (12,2%)

133 (13,9%)

55 (13,5%)

Smoking habits

 Yes - continued

1482 (18,6%)

237 (24,7%)

130 (31,9%)

Folic acid use - Yes (%)

   

 No

2382 (29,9%)

340 (35,5%)

151 (37,0%)

 Nulliparous (%)

4470 (56,2%)

610 (63,7%)

289 (70,8%)

 Gestational age at birth (wks)

40,1 (37,0 - 42,0)

39,7 (36,6 - 41,6)

39,9 (35,9 - 41,9)

 Preterm birth < 37 wks (%)

297 (3,7%)

37 (3,9%)

11 (2,7%)

 Birthweight (g)

3412 (560)

2992 (383)

2484 (402)

 Birthweight (percentile)

47,1 (28,7)

21,5 (14,8)

1,72 (1,14)

 Placenta weight (gr)

620 (415–900)

555 (380–769)

480 (300–678)

 Ratio placenta / birthweight

0,19 (0,04)

0,19 (0,04)

0,20 (0,04)

 Pre-eclampsia (%)

157 (2,1%)

36 (4,2%)

32 (8,7%)

 Sex (n, % male)

4005 (50,3%)

477 (49,8%)

222 (54,4%)

  1. Data are represented as n (%) or as the mean (SD) or as the median (90% range)
  2. Decelerated growth (DG) was defined as a decrease in growth of at least 40 percentiles between the second trimester and birth