Caesarean Section Delivery and Risk of Poor Childhood Growth

Table 2

Comparison of child growth indicators according to mode of delivery.

Categories of maternal height (cm)	Child growth indicator	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	95% confidence interval for mean		Test statistic
					Lower bound	Upper bound
Vaginal delivery	Birth weight of child (g)	286	2967.34	502.03	2908.91	3025.77	F (1, 524) = 1.628,
Caesarean delivery		242	2906.78	588.78	2832.22	2981.33
Vaginal delivery	Height for age of child	283	−1.47	1.26	−1.62	−1.32	F (1, 524) = 10.569,
Caesarean delivery		242	−1.84	1.36	−2.01	−1.67
Vaginal delivery	Weight for height of child	282	−0.59	1.12	−0.72	−0.46	F (1, 524) = 2.047,
Caesarean delivery		241	−0.45	1.15	−0.59	−0.30
Vaginal delivery	Weight for age of child	286	−1.45	1.13	−1.58	−1.32	F (1, 524) = 0.988,
Caesarean delivery		242	−1.55	1.21	−1.71	−1.40
Vaginal delivery	Growth rate of child in grams/month	286	459.23	148.26	441.97	476.48	F (1, 524) = 0.416,
Caesarean delivery		242	450.31	169.46	428.85	471.76