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Table 2 Mean values of anthropometric variables for the different weight categories

From: Chest and occipito-frontal circumference measurements in the detection of low birth weight among Nigerian newborns of Igbo ethnicity

Birth weight group (g)

Parameter

<2500

2500-3999

≥4000

F-value

p-value

n = 72

n = 422

n = 17

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

  

CC (cm)

28.10 ± 2.51

33.70 ± 1.73

38.50 ± 1.41

360.0

< 0.01

OFC (cm)

31.50 ± 2.62

35.30 ± 1.30

36.65 ± 1.06

190.1

< 0.01

CC + OFC (cm)

59.60 ± 4.94

68.94 ± 2.69

75.12 ± 2.14

329.1

< 0.01

CC/OFC ratio

0.89 ± 0.04

0.96 ± 0.04

1.05 ± 0.03

134.2

< 0.01

  1. CC = chest circumference, OFC = Occipito-frontal circumference.
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics

ISSN: 1824-7288

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