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Table 4 Association between birth weight of neonates and anthropometric characteristics of mothers

From: A cross-sectional study of determinants of birth weight of neonates in the Greater Accra region of Ghana

Parameters

LBW

NBW

t-test

Gestation at birth (weeks)

34.8 ± 3.8

37.3 ± 3.3

<0.001

BMI at birth (kg/m2)

27.3 ± 5.4

29.0 ± 6.3

0.034

SBP (mm Hg)

122.2 ± 30.0

113.3 ± 17.0

<0.001

DBP (mm Hg)

75.6 ± 20.7

69.8 ± 13.2

0.001

HB (g/dl)

11.6 ± 8.4

11.2 ± 3.4

0.39