Maternal Predictors of Newborn Somatometrics

Table 5

Infant’s variable	(I) BMI of the mother	(J) BMI of the mother	Mean difference (I-J)	Std. error	Sig.	95% confidence interval
						Lower bound	Upper bound
Length	Overweight	Underweight	3.75*	1.09	0.00	1.58	5.92
		Normal weight	3.59*	1.05	0.00	1.51	5.69
Weight	Overweight	Underweight	0.54*	0.21	0.01	0.13	.97
		Normal weight	0.48*	0.20	0.02	0.07	.87
Birth weight	Overweight	Underweight	0.71*	0.26	0.01	0.19	1.24
		Normal weight	0.56*	0.26	0.03	0.06	1.07
Head circumference	Overweight	Underweight	76.41*	14.64	0.00	47.33	105.49
		Normal weight	75.95*	14.13	0.00	47.88	104.02
Chest circumference	Overweight	Underweight	3.03*	1.26	0.02	0.52	5.54
		Normal weight	2.24	1.22	0.07	−0.19	4.66
Waist circumference	Overweight	Underweight	1.18	1.28	0.36	−1.37	3.73
		Normal weight	.42	1.24	0.74	−2.04	2.87
Waist circumference	Overweight	Underweight	1.23*	0.38	0.00	0.47	1.99
		Normal weight	1.16*	0.37	0.00	0.43	1.89
Upper arm circumference	Overweight	Underweight	1.23*	0.38	0.00	0.47	1.99
		Normal weight	1.16*	0.37	0.00	0.43	1.89
Wrist circumference	Overweight	Underweight	0.61*	0.27	0.03	0.07	1.15
		Normal weight	0.52*	0.26	0.05	0.01	1.05
Thigh circumference	Overweight	Underweight	1.61*	0.75	0.03	0.12	3.10
		Normal weight	1.61*	0.72	0.02	0.23	3.10
Ankle circumference	Overweight	Underweight	0.81*	0.33	0.01	0.16	1.46
		Normal weight	0.83*	0.32	0.01	0.21	1.46
Biceps skinfold thickness	Overweight	Underweight	1.32*	0.38	0.00	0.56	2.08
		Normal weight	1.37*	0.37	0.00	0.64	2.10
Triceps skinfold thickness	Overweight	Underweight	1.65*	0.52	0.00	0.63	2.68
		Normal weight	1.73*	0.50	0.00	0.71	2.69
Subscapular skinfold thickness	Overweight	Underweight	1.40*	0.48	0.00	0.44	2.36
		Normal weight	1.49*	0.47	0.00	0.57	2.42
Suprailiac skinfold thickness	Overweight	Underweight	1.43*	0.49	0.00	0.45	2.41
		Normal weight	1.72*	0.48	0.00	0.77	2.67
Chest skinfold thickness	Overweight	Underweight	1.86*	0.39	0.00	1.07	2.64
		Normal weight	1.92*	0.38	0.00	1.16	2.67
Thigh skinfold thickness	Overweight	Underweight	2.21*	0.69	0.00	0.83	3.59
		Normal weight	2.49*	0.67	0.00	1.16	3.82
Calf posterior skinfold thickness	Overweight	Underweight	0.74	0.52	0.16	−0.29	1.78
		Normal weight	0.83	0.50	0.10	−0.16	1.83