Research Article

Maternal Body Mass Index Is Strongly Associated with Children -Scores for Height and BMI

Table 1

Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) of age and anthropometric variables related to nutritional status of mothers and their children.

VariableMean/SD

Mothers’ variables
 Age246
 Height246
 Weight246
 BMI246

Children’s variables
 Age246
 Height246
 Weight246
 BMI246