Association of Low Birth Weight Infants and Maternal Sociodemographic Status in Tuzla Canton during 1992–1995 War Period in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Table 3

Average birth weight, body length, gestation age, and Ponderal index of LBW newborn in the Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics during the prewar (1988–1991), war (1992–1995) and postwar periods (1996–2009).

LBW Average	Proportion (%)			Prewar	Postwar
	Prewar (𝑛=23194)	War (𝑛=18302)	Postwar (𝑛=66820)	𝑃^∗∗	𝑃^∗∗
Birth weight	2063.49	1857.52	2015.85	.0003	.0001
Body Length	48.4	47.5	49.2	.0001	.0001
Gestation age	35.9	36.5	37.6	.0001	.0001

∗∗Independent samples 𝑡 test.