From: Birth weight and renal markers in children aged 5–10 years in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study
Variables | Total | LBW | NBW | HBW | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | 80 (100) | 21 (26.2) | 45 (56.2) | 14 (17.5) | – |
Maternal age (years), median (IQR) | 28 (23.2–32) | 29 (24.5–33) | 27 (23–31.5) | 30 (24–34) | 0.486 |
Type of Pregnancy, n (%) | |||||
Single | 70 (87.5) | 12 (57.1) | 44 (97.8) | 14 (100) | |
Multiple | 10 (12.5) | 9 (42.9) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0) | < 0.001 |
Maternal Illness, n (%) | |||||
Hypertension | 4 (5.0) | 2 (9.5) | 2 (4.4) | 0 (0) | 0.335 |
Diabetes | 3 (3.7) | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (14.3) | 0.048 |
HIV infection | 3 (3.7) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (2.2) | 1 (7.1) | 0.687 |
Hepatitis B infection | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 0.09 |
Smoking, n (%) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 0.5 |
Alcohol consumption, n (%) | 12 (15) | 3 (14.3) | 8 (17.8) | 1 (7.1) | 0.582 |