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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the mother-child pairs

From: Changing trends of birth weight with maternal age: a cross-sectional study in Xi’an city of Northwestern China

Variables

Birth weight(n = 490,143)

Low birth weight(n = 7146)

Macrosomia(n = 29,457)

N (%)

Mean ± SD(g)

F

N(%)

χ2

N(%)

χ2

Gestational age(weeks)

  

51543.00*

 

15294.00*

 

7197.40*

 37–37+ 6

36,138(7.4)

3020.404 ± 422.075

 

3125(8.6)

 

498(1.4)

 

 38–38+ 6

98,636 (20.1)

3247.870 ± 396.350

 

1994(2.0)

 

2946(3.0)

 

 39–39+ 6

162,966 (33.2)

3369.093 ± 394.169

 

1312(0.8)

 

8442(5.2)

 

 40–40+ 6

138,209 (28.2)

3462.910 ± 400.804

 

590(0.4)

 

11,373(8.2)

 

 41–41+ 6

54,194(11.1)

3545.406 ± 395.768

 

125(0.2)

 

6198(11.4)

 

Season of birth

  

24.01*

 

13.97*

 

36.51*

 Spring

119,481(24.4)

3363.061 ± 422.333

 

1806(1.5)

 

7137(5.9)

 

 Summer

121,425(24.8)

3360.024 ± 18.322

 

1859(1.5)

 

6932(5.7)

 

 Autumn

128,548(26.2)

3367.011 ± 419.182

 

1773(1.4)

 

7806(6.1)

 

 Winter

120,689(24.6)

3369.533 ± 422.324

 

1708(1.4)

 

7582(6.3)

 

Maternal residence

  

243.76*

 

58.42*

 

40.42*

 Urban

245,250(50.1)

3372.876 ± 416.985

 

3370(1.4)

 

15,193(6.2)

 

 Suburb

128,008(26.1)

3363.916 ± 422.330

 

1800(1.4)

 

7648(6.0)

 

 Countryside

116,885(23.8)

3349.401 ± 425.485

 

1976(1.7)

 

6616(5.7)

 

Ethnicity

  

0.975

 

0.265

 

1.165

 Han

485,192(99.0)

3364.998 ± 420.453

 

7069(1.5)

 

29,141(6.0)

 

 Other

4951 (1.0)

3359.067 ± 427.861

 

77(1.6)

 

316(6.4)

 
  1. *P < 0.05