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Table 1 Distribution of study variables by maternal age at delivery

From: Adolescent pregnancy and linear growth of infants: a birth cohort study in rural Ethiopia

Variables

Maternal age in years

 

15–19 (n = 387)

20–24 (n = 1036)

p-value

Maternal education

 no formal education

86 (22.2)

372 (35.9)

< 0.001*

 primary

273 (70.5)

566 (54.6)

 secondary & above

28 (7.2)

98 (9.5)

Wealth index

 Lowest

152 (39.3)

377 (36.4)

0.60

 Middle

109 (28.2)

304 (29.3)

 Highest

126 (32.6)

355 (34.3)

iron-folic acid intake, (> 90 days)

113 (29.2)

326 (31.5)

0.41

Illness in previous 2 weeks

223 (57.6)

647 (62.5)

0.09

infant sex, (male)

187 (48.3)

517 (49.9)

0.60

Mean(±SD) length (cm)

 At birth

49.32 (2.26)

49.53 (2.21)

 

 3rd month

60.52 (2.40)

60.87 (2.62)

 6th month

65.54 (2.68)

65.71 (2.71)

 9th month

69.12 (2.62)

68.92 (2.69)

 12th month

72.22 (2.53)

71.95 (2.65)

  1. *statistically significant difference at p < 0.05