Table 2 |
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Physical characteristics of infants born to normal weight and obese biological mothers |
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Parameter for infants |
Biological Mothers |
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Normal weight |
Obese |
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Body weight (kg) |
7.4 ± 0.6 |
7.4 ± 1.1 |
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Length (cm) |
69 ± 6 |
69 ± 0.9 |
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Age (months) |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
5.1 ± 1.0 |
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BMI (weight;kg/height2;m) |
15.6 ± 1.4 |
15.8 ± 1.9 |
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Body fat (%) |
26 ± 2 |
26 ± 3 |
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Weight for length (percentile) |
27 ± 23 |
31 ± 30 |
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Weight for length Z-score |
-0.1 ± 0.9 |
0.07 ± 1.20 |
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Weight for age (percentile) |
72 ± 20 |
73 ± 17 |
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Weight for age Z-score |
-0.02 ± 1.20 |
0.02 ± 1.00 |
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Length for age (percentile) |
73 ± 23 |
89 ± 9 |
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Length for age Z-score |
-0.4 ± 0.6 |
0.39 ± 0.28 |
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Rising and Lifshitz Nutrition Journal 2005 4:17 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-17 |
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