Clinical Study
Effect of Birth Weight and Socioeconomic Status on Children's Growth in Mashhad, Iran
Table 4
Effect of birth weight and Demographic variables on BMI.
| | Variable | | BMI | | -value | | <5 percentile | 5–85 percentile | 85 percentile |
| | Mother age | | | | | | 35 years (1966) | 236 (15.7) | 1132 (75.2) | 137 (9.1) | | | 35 years (306) | 108 (14.4) | 555 (74.7) | 81 (10.8) | |
| | Birth weight | | | | | | 2500 g () | 61 (21.6) | 207 (73.4) | 14 (5) | | | 2500 g () | 285 (14.4) | 1492 (75.3) | 205 (10.3) | |
| | Number child | | | | | | One child | 146 (16.8) | 635 (73.2) | 87 (10) | | | 2 child | 94 (15.1) | 465 (74.8) | 63 (10.1) | | | 3 child | 44 (13) | 262 (77.3) | 33 (9.7) | | | 4 child | 30 (14.3) | 161 (76.7) | 19 (9) | | | 5 child and more | 32 (15.1) | 166 (78.31) | 14 (6.6) | |
| | Family relationship | | | | | | No | 247 (15.6) | 118 (74.4) | 159 (10) | | | Yes | 96 (14.3) | 516 (76.9) | 59 (8.8) | |
| | Sex | | | | | | Male | 116 (9.7) | 963 (80.5) | 118 (9.9) | | | Female | 230 (21.5) | 739 (69.1) | 101 (904) | |
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