Maternal Nutrition during Early Pregnancy and Cardiometabolic Status of Neonates at Birth

Table 3

Baseline characteristics of neonates.

Variables	Overall	Low birth weight; (weight < 2.5 kg)	Normal birth weight; (weight ≥ 2.5 kg)
n	121	18 (14.8%)	103 (85.2%)
Weight (kg)	2.85 ± 0.50	2.01 ± 0.29	3.00 ± 0.36
Gender
Male	62 (53.9%)	7 (41.2%)	55 (56.1%)
Female	53 (46.1%)	10 (58.8%)	43 (43.9%)
Length (cm)	46.34 ± 3.37	43.57 ± 3.50	46.81 ± 3.14
Head circumference (cm)	33.98 ± 1.57	32.54 ± 1.76	34.23 ± 1.41
MUAC (cm)	10.81 ± 1.24	9.43 ± 0.76	11.05 ± 1.15
Abdominal circumfernce (cm)	32.14 ± 2.25	30.25 ± 2.42	32.46 ± 2.07
Chest circumference (cm)	33.05 ± 1.76	31.64 ± 1.68	33.29 ± 1.67
Bicep (mm)	3.15 ± 2.03	2.86 ± 2.24	3.21 ± 2.01
Tricep (mm)	3.39 ± 1.75	2.75 ± 1.19	3.51 ± 1.81

Data presented as the mean ± SD or n (%); value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant; sign denotes significant difference.