From: Robust reference intervals for Liver function test (LFT) analytes in newborns and infants
Demographic variables | Newborns (n = 60) | Infants (n = 57) | p-value |
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Height | = 50.9 cm SD = 3.1 cm | = 60.5 cm SD = 8.5 cm |  |
Weight | = 3120.0 g SD = 411.7 g | = 6956.1 g SD = 1996.2 g |  |
Head circumference | = 35.3 cm SD = 3.1 cm | = 43.7 cm SD = 3.3 cm |  |
Mode of deliveries | Â | Â | Â |
Normal vaginal delivery | n = 43 (71.7%) | NA | NA |
Cesarean section | n = 17 (28.3%) |  |  |
Sex | Â | Â | Â |
Male | n = 32 (46.7%) | n = 31 (54.4%) | P = 0.9431 § |
Female | n = 28 (53.3%) | n = 26 (45.6%) |  |
Maternal educational level | Â | Â | Â |
Unable to write and read | n = 7 (11.7%) | n = 7 (12.3%) |  |
Below 8th grade | n = 22 (36.7%) | n = 34 (59.6%) | P = 0.0380 § |
High school complete | n = 16 (26.7%) | n = 11 (19.3%) |  |
Certificate and above | n = 15 (25%) | n = 5 (8.8%) |  |
Maternal occupation | Â | Â | Â |
House wives | n = 41(68.3%) | n = 18 (31.6%) |  |
Employed | n = 10 (16.7%) | n = 7 (12.3%) | P < 0.0001 § |
Private business | n = 7 (11.7%) | n = 9 (15.8%) |  |
Jobless | n = 2 (3.3%) | n = 23 (40.4%) |  |
Maternal parity | Â | Â | Â |
Primiparous | n = 39 (65%) | n = 27 (47.4%) | P = 0.0826 § |
Multiparous | n = 21 (35%) | n = 30 (52.6%) |  |
Maternal alcohol consumption | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | n = 11 (18.3%) | n = 2 (4.3%) | P = 0.0605 § |
No | n = 49 (81.7%) | n = 44 (95.7%) |  |
Maternal chat chewing | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | n = 0 (0%) | n = 3 (6.5%) | P = 0.1568 § |
No | n = 60 (100%) | n = 43 (93.5%) |  |
Maternal cigarette smoking | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | n = 0 (0%) | n = 0 (0%) | P = 0.2067 § |
No | n = 60 (100%) | n = 57 (100%) |  |