Table 1 Background characteristics of participants in the SGA and non-SGA control groups.
From: Executive functions in adults born small for gestational age at term: a prospective cohort study
SGA | Control | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean | (SD) | n | Mean | (SD) | ||
Gestational age (weeks) | 56 | 39.7 | (1.2) | 68 | 39.8 | (1.2) | 0.454 |
Birth weight (g) | 56 | 2916 | (205) | 68 | 3695 | (459) | < 0.001 |
Birth length (cm) | 49 | 48.5 | (1.9) | 65 | 51.1 | (1.9) | < 0.001 |
Ponderal index (g/cm3) | 49 | 2.6 | (0.2) | 65 | 2.8 | (0.3) | < 0.001 |
Birth head circumference (cm) | 50 | 33.9 | (1.1) | 64 | 35.4 | (1.2) | < 0.001 |
Maternal age at delivery (years) | 50 | 28.2 | (3.2) | 66 | 30.7 | (4.3) | < 0.001 |
Parental SES | 47 | 3.5 | (1.2) | 57 | 3.7 | (1.1) | 0.439 |
Age at follow-up (years) | 48 | 32.5 | (0.6) | 61 | 32.6 | (0.5) | 0.841 |
n | (%) | n | (%) | ||||
Female | 56 | 31 | (55.4) | 68 | 39 | (57.4) | 0.823 |
Education at follow-up | 56 | 68 | 0.246 | ||||
Lower secondary or lower | 2 | (3.6) | 0 | (0.0) | |||
Intermediate | 22 | (39.3) | 23 | (33.8) | |||
Lower tertiary or higher | 32 | (57.1) | 45 | (66.2) | |||
