The association between maternal dietary micronutrient intake and neonatal anthropometry – secondary analysis from the ROLO study

Table 1 General maternal background characteristics during pregnancy and neonatal anthropometry with comparison of participants and those that were lost to follow-up

		Lost to follow-up			Participated
	N	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	p
Mother age (yrs)	222	32.17	4.75	483	32.87	3.93	0.041
Mother height (cm)	240	165.10	16.58	542	165.27	11.86	0.868
Mother weight (kg)	238	76.48	16.52	541	72.38	12.94	<0.001
Mother BMI^a (kg/m²)	237	27.61	6.01	540	26.30	4.38	0.001
Gestational Weight Gain (kg)	93	12.87	5.07	273	13.39	4.55	0.359
Days per week walking ≥30 min^b	94	3.43	1.81	427	3.48	1.79	0.772
Moderate activity (min per week)	57	59.65	43.01	309	66.15	43.45	0.299
Neonatal weight (kg)	207	4.01	604.18	542	4.02	4.58	0.633
Neonatal length (cm)	184	52.74	2.56	454	52.75	2.33	0.964
Neonatal MUAC^c (cm)	43	12.57	1.23	223	12.39	1.51	0.475
Neonatal abdominal circ^d (cm)	43	33.47	2.26	222	33.40	2.11	0.844
Neonatal waist circ^d:hip ratio	42	33.43	2.27	221	33.63	2.32	0.606
Neonatal thigh circ^d (cm)	43	16.23	1.44	222	16.16	1.67	0.801
Neonatal biceps skinfold (mm)	33	6.85	1.72	186	6.78	1.46	0.806
Neonatal triceps skinfold (mm)	33	6.94	1.50	186	7.00	1.52	0.822
Neonatal subscapular skinfold (mm)	33	7.14	2.07	186	6.90	1.49	0.423
Neonatal thigh skinfold (mm)	33	8.08	2.20	186	7.90	1.76	0.605
Neonatal waist:length circ^d ratio	37	0.63	0.04	182	0.64	0.05	0.775
Neonatal SOSF^e (mm)	33	29.00	6.45	186	28.58	5.18	0.677
Neonatal sum TSF^f and SSF^g (mm)	33	14.08	3.19	186	13.90	2.69	0.736
Neonatal SSF^g:TSF^f ratio	33	1.04	0.23	186	1.00	0.19	0.332
Neonatal waist:hip circ^d ratio	42	1.00	0.05	221	1.00	0.06	0.312

“n” denotes number, p <0.05 was considered statistically significant (2-tailed significance generated from independent sample t-tests)
Abbreviations:^aBMI body mass index, ^bmin minutes, ^cMUAC mid-upper arm circumference, ^dcirc circumference, ^eSOSF sum of skinfolds, ^fTSF triceps skinfold, ^gSSF subscapular skinfold

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