Table 4 Maternal and infant characteristics
From: Risk factors for low birth weight among rural and urban Malaysian women
Variables | Urban | Rural | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Gestational age at birth, weeks (n = 203) | 39.30 (1.72) | 39.52 (2.32) | 0.44 |
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | 23.66 (4.89) | 24.50 (5.37) | 0.079 |
Pre-pregnancy BMI category, n (%), (n = 437) | |||
 Underweight | 26 (13.1) | 37 (15.5) | 0.129 |
 Normal | 112 (56.3) | 107 (45) | |
 Overweight | 38 (19.1) | 60 (25.2) | |
 Obese | 23 (11.6) | 34 (14.3) | |
MUAC (cm) (n = 437) | 27.21 (3.95) | 27.93 (4.36) | 0.068 |
Rate of gestational weight gain/week (kg) Gestational weight gain category, (%) (n = 235) | 0.34 (0.21) | 0.31 (0.16) | 0.107 |
 Inadequate | 27 (26.4) | 41 (30.8) | 0.260 |
 Normal | 26 (25.5) | 42 (24.2) |  |
 Excessive | 49 (48) | 50 (37.6) |  |
 Infant birth weight (kg) | 3.18 (0.42) | 3.09 (0.43) | 0.101 |
Infant birth weight category (n = 235) | |||
 Low | 2 (2.0) | 13 (9.8) | 0.03* |
 Normal | 96 (94.1) | 118 (88.7) |  |
 High | 4 (3.9) | 2 (1.5) |  |
Head Circumference at birth (cm) (n = 235) | 34.46 (3.65) | 33.32 (1.88) | 0.008* |
Birth length (cm) (n = 235) | 50.39 (3.06) | 49.66 (2.87) | 0.100 |