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Table 1 Comparison between rachitic children and their mothers with healthy controls and their mothers regarding their demographic data and anthropometric measurements

From: Assessment of Preptin peptide level in the sera of rachitic children and in breast milk of their mothers

Value

Rachitic children group

n = 30

Non-rachitic children group

n = 30

P value

Age (Month)

 Range

8–24

9–24

0.9

 Mean ± SD

15.3 ± 5.1

15.2 ± 4.6

 

Sex: n (%)

 Male

17(56.7%)

18(60%)

0.8

 Female

13(43.3%)

12(40%)

 

Weight (Kg)

 Range

7-13

8–12

0.04*

 Mean ± SD

9.3 ± 1.7

10.4 ± 1.4

 

Length (Cm)

 Range

67–90

70–93

0.002**

 Mean ± SD

75.01 ± 6.5

82.2 ± 7.4

 

HC (Cm)

 Range

45–54.5

45–51

0.005**

 Mean ± SD

50.2 ± 2.7

47.9 ± 1.5

 

Maternal age(year)

 Range

19-39

20-32

0.001**

 Mean ± SD

30.8 ± 5.1

25.1 ± 3.9

 

Maternal BMI(kg/m2)

 Range

20-30

20-27

0.03*

 Mean ± SD

24.7 ± 3.3

22.7 ± 2.1

 

Parity (n)

 Range

1-7

1-4

0.08

 Mean ± SD

3.2 ± 1.6

2.2 ± 1.2

 
  1. Quantitative data compared by Mann-Whitney test, qualitative data by chi square test
  2. significant (P < 0.05 *)
  3. Highly significant (P < 0.01 **)
  4. HC (head circumference)