Table 1 Characteristics of LGA and AGA study subjects in the Shanghai Birth Cohort.
From: Fetal overgrowth and weight trajectories during infancy and adiposity in early childhood
| Â | LGA | AGA | Pa |
|---|---|---|---|
(n = 259) | (n = 1673) |  | |
Mothers | |||
Age (years) | 28.8 ± 3.8 | 29.3 ± 3.7 | 0.10 |
 >35 | 12 (4.6) | 122 (7.3) | 0.12 |
Ethnicity, Han | 212 (99.5) | 1455 (98.6) | 0.35 |
Education (university) | 111 (56.9) | 797 (61.4) | 0.23 |
Primiparity | 29 (13.7) | 205 (13.9) | 0.95 |
Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m2 | 22.5 ± 3.0 | 21.3 ± 3.0 | <0.0001 |
 Obesity (BMI > 28) | 13 (6.2) | 43 (2.9) | 0.01a |
Gestational diabetes | 55 (23.4) | 286 (18.5) | 0.08 |
Gestational hypertension | 15 (5.8) | 54 (3.2) | 0.04 |
Alcohol in pregnancy | 16 (8.3) | 203 (15.0) | 0.02 |
Smoking in pregnancy | 1 (0.5) | 6 (0.5) | 1.00 |
Infants | |||
Cesarean delivery | 172 (67.7) | 808 (49.9) | <0.0001 |
Sex, male | 128 (49.4) | 891 (53.3) | 0.25 |
Gestational age (weeks) | 39.2 ± 1.2 | 38.9 ± 1.3 | 0.01 |
Preterm birth (<37 weeks) | 8 (3.1) | 67 (4.0) | 0.48 |
Breast feeding | 214 (94.3) | 1409 (95.1) | 0.61 |
Weight | |||
At birth (g) | 4111 ± 285 | 3340 ± 334 | <0.0001 |
 6 weeks (kg) | 5.8 ± 0.6 | 5.1 ± 0.6 | <0.0001 |
 6 months (kg) | 9.0 ± 0.9 | 8.5 ± 1.0 | <0.0001 |
 1 years (kg) | 11.0 ± 1.1 | 10.3 ± 1.1 | <0.0001 |
 2 years (kg) | 13.8 ± 1.6 | 12.8 ± 1.4 | <0.0001 |
 4 years (kg) | 19.3 ± 3.4 | 17.7 ± 3.3 | <0.0001 |
Length/height (cm) | |||
At birth | 51.1 ± 1.3 | 49.8 ± 1.1 | <0.0001 |
 6 weeks | 58.2 ± 2.1 | 56.5 ± 2.1 | <0.0001 |
 6 months | 69.4 ± 2.1 | 68.0 ± 2.5 | <0.0001 |
 1 years | 77.5 ± 2.7 | 76.2 ± 2.5 | <0.0001 |
 2 years | 90.2 ± 3.5 | 88.5 ± 3.1 | <0.0001 |
 4 years | 110.4 ± 5.1 | 108.3 ± 4.6 | <0.0001 |
