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Table 1 Child and maternal characteristics of Surinamese South Asian and Dutch population

From: Trends in birth weight and the prevalence of low birth weight and small-for-gestational-age in Surinamese South Asian babies since 1974: cross-sectional study of three birth cohorts

  

Surinamese South Asian

Dutch

  

1974-1976

1991-1993

2006-2009

2006-2009

Number of births

 

337

830

847

3104

% Maternal country of birtha

Surinam

100

99.3

67.3

0

 

The Netherlands

0

0.7

32.7

100

% Parityc

1

46.9

44.1

46.6

56.8

 

>1

51.0

55.7

49.5

39.8

 

Unknown

2.1

0.2

3.9

3.5

% Sex

Boy

49.6

50.2

51.6

50.8

 

Girl

50.4

49.8

48.4

49.2

Gestational age, mean in weeks (SD)b

39.4 (1.7)

39.2 (1.9)

39.0 (2.0)

39.7 (1.7)

Gestational age categoriesb

<31

0.3

0.6

0.9

0.5

 

31-32

0.6

0.6

1.2

0.4

 

33-34

0.3

1.6

2.2

0.8

 

35-36

4.7

4.9

6.1

3.8

 

37-38

21.1

25.5

31.3

20.7

 

39-40

57.3

51.1

45.3

50.7

 

41-43

15.7

15.7

12.9

23.1

% Preterm, <37 weeksb

 

5.9

7.7

10.5

5.4

  1. asignificantly different 1. between Surinamese South Asian time periods, P < 0.05 and 2. between Dutch and Surinamese South Asian babies born 2006–2009, P < 0.001.
  2. bsignificantly different 1. between Surinamese South Asian time periods, P < 0.01 and 2. between Dutch and Surinamese South Asian babies born 2006–2009, P < 0.001.
  3. cAnalysed without ‘unknown’category; Dutch significantly different from Surinamese South Asian 2006–2009, P < 0.001.