Absence of disparities in anthropometric measures among Chilean indigenous and non-indigenous newborns

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Adjusted* effect of the time (trend) and ethnic group on birthweight (g) and length at birth (mm) of Chilean newborns, 2000-2004

	Change in birthweight (g)	95% confidence interval	Change in birth length (mm)	95% confidence interval
Tendency (years) **	1.99	1.45, 2.52	0.05	0.03, 0.08
Indigenous surname	12.45	9.39, 15.51	-0.17	-0.31, -0.03
R-squared	0.39		0.46

* adjusted for gestational age, gestational age squared, maternal age, maternal age squared, mother's years of education, rural/urban residence, and sex of the child.
** Tendency: annual change

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