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Table 2 Anthropometric Characteristics

From: Maternal BMI mediates the impact of crop-related agricultural work during pregnancy on infant length in rural Pakistan: a mediation analysis of cross-sectional data

 

n

Median (IQR) / %

Infant

 Length (cm)

1134

52.5 (50.0, 55.1)

 Weight (kg)

1134

3.75 (3.2, 4.4)

 Length-for-age Z-score

1134

−1.82 (−2.7, −0.9)

 % stunted (LAZ < -2 Z-score)

515

45.4

 Weight-for-length Z-score

1098

−0.49 (− 1.3; 0.2)

 % wasted (WLZ < -2 Z-score)

136

12.4

Mother

 Height (cm)

1146

152.6 (148.9, 156.2)

 Weight (kg)

1146

47.8 (43.0, 53.5)

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

1146

20.5 (18.7, 22.6)

 % Underweight (BMI < 18.5)

248

21.6

 % Normal weight (18.5 < BMI < 25)

48

65.3

 % Overweight/obese (BMI ≥ 25)

150

13.1