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Table 1 Distribution of sample characteristics among low birth weight (LBW) and normal birth weight (NBW) group

From: Risk of low birth weight on adulthood hypertension - evidence from a tertiary care hospital in a South Asian country, Sri Lanka: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

LBW (n = 26)

NBW (n = 96)

P value

Males (%), number

12 (46.1)

38 (39.6)

0.7

Age (SD), years

49 (10.7)

51 (3.9)

0.5

Weight (SD), kg

61 (9.7)

65 (12.4)

0.8

Height (SD), cm

155 (13.2)

158 (8.3)

0.2

Hip (SD), cm

96 (8.6)

98 (9.9)

0.4

Waist (SD), cm

91 (7.1)

91 (10.4)

0.9

BMI (SD), kg/m2

25.83 (3.35)

25.91 (4.57)

0.9

Smokers (%), number

2 (7.7)

14 (14.7)

0.5

Alcohol consumers (%), number

8 (33.3)

20 (23.0)

0.4

Major ethnicity (%), number

24 (92.3)

93 (96.9)

0.3

Married (%), number

24 (96.0)

82 (94.2)

1.0

Income (%), number

   

  < Rs. 5000

3 (11.5)

10 (10.4)

0.6

 Rs. 5001 – Rs.10,000

9 (34.6)

26 (27.1)

 

 Rs. 10,001 – Rs.20,000

10 (38.5)

29 (30.2)

 

 >Rs. 20,001

4 (15.4)

31 (32.3)