Clinical Study
Effect of Birth Weight and Socioeconomic Status on Children's Growth in Mashhad, Iran
Table 3
Socio-economic variables and birth weight according to BMI.
| | Variable | | BMI | | -value | | <5 percentile | 5–85 percentile | 85 percentile |
| | Economic status | | | | | | Good | 200 (17.2) | 810 (75.9) | 80 (6.9) | | | Medium | 134 (13.5) | 750 (75.5) | 109 (11) | | | Low | 11 (10.8) | 63 (61.8) | 28 (27.5) | |
| | Education of mother | | | | | | Illiteral or primary | 240 (16.8) | 115 (80.4) | 4 (2.8) | | | Middle school | 243 (17) | 1077 (75.5) | 106 (7.4) | | | Diploma | 654 (11.6) | 420 (75.3) | 73 (13.1) | | | Graduated | 121 (10.6) | 72 (63.7) | 29 (25.7) | | | Post graduated and doctor | 1 (9.1) | 5 (45.5) | 5 (45.5) | |
| | Education father | | | | | | Illiteral or primary | 25 (18.8) | 103 (77.4) | 5 (3.8) | | | Middle school | 226 (16.4) | 1055 (76.3) | 101 (7.3) | | | Diploma | 74 (13.7) | 399 (73.3) | 67 (12.4) | | | Graduated | 19 (11.5) | 118 (71.5) | 28 (17) | | | Post graduated and doctor | 2 (6.3) | 15 (46.9) | 15 (46.9) | |
| | Living place | | | | | | Rural | 331 (15.4) | 1612 (74.8) | 12 (9.8) | | | Urban | 13 (13.8) | 76 (80.9) | 5 (5.3) | |
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