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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the children with and without all anthropometric data at 4, 7 and 10 months old (n = 86,805)

From: Physical growth and neurodevelopment during the first year of life: a cohort study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

  Boy Girl
  With data(n = 10,016) Missing Without data(n = 34,248) Missing Effect sizea With data(n = 9,801) Missing Without data(n = 32,740) Missing Effect sizea
Gestational age, mean (SD), wk 39.4 (1.1) 0 39.4 (1.1) 0 0.00 39.5 (1.1) 0 39.5 (1.1) 0 0.00
Birth length, mean (SD), cm 49.4 (2.0) 0 49.4 (1.9) 0 0.01 48.8 (1.9) 0 48.8 (1.9) 0 0.01
Birth weight, mean (SD), g 3,088 (371) 0 3,117 (367) 0 0.03 2,993 (356) 0 3,021 (357) 0 0.03
Multipara (%) 5,179 (51.7) 0 21,291 (62.2) 0 0.09 5,040 (51.4) 0 20,455 (62.5) 0 0.09
Maternal age, mean (SD), y 31.4 (4.8) 1 31.1 (5.1) 4 0.03 31.4 (4.9) 0 31.0 (5.1) 1 0.03
Maternal smoking (%) 1,435 (14.5) 112 6,418 (19.3) 948 0.05 1,429 (14.7) 109 6,167 (19.4) 891 0.05
Maternal education (%)   83   856 0.05   88   799 0.06
  Junior high school 321 (3.2)   1,798 (5.4)    282 (2.9)   1,690 (5.3)   
  High school 7,233 (72.8)   24,661 (73.9)    7,082 (72.9)   23,732 (74.3)   
  University/graduate school 2,379 (24.0)   6,933 (20.8)    2,349 (24.2)   6,519 (20.4)   
Paternal education (%)   137   1,073 0.04   137   1,010 0.04
  Junior high school 520 (5.3)   2,619 (7.9)    545 (5.6)   2,527 (8.0)   
  High school 5,887 (59.6)   19,713 (59.4)    5,748 (59.5)   18,882 (59.5)   
  University/graduate school 3,472 (35.1)   10,843 (32.7)    3,371 (34.9)   10,321 (32.5)   
Family income (%)   723   3,207 0.04   687   2,882 0.03
  Low 3,428 (36.9)   12,719 (41.0)    3,453 (37.9)   12,232 (41.0)   
  Middle 3,162 (34.0)   10,242 (33.0)    2,998 (32.9)   9,837 (32.9)   
  High 2,703 (29.1)   8,080 (26.0)    2,663 (29.2)   7,789 (26.1)   
Home speech stimulation (%) 8,115 (81.4) 50 26,998 (81.1) 950 0.00 7,916 (81.4) 75 25,879 (81.3) 901 0.00
ND at 6 months (%) 841 (8.9) 599 2,439 (8.5) 5,636 0.01 782 (8.5) 595 2,169 (7.9) 5,215 0.01
ND at 12 months (%) 1,576 (16.9) 712 4,253 (15.8) 7,324 0.01 1,221 (13.6) 819 3,247 (12.6) 6,945 0.01
  1. aEffect size indicates the strength of the difference between groups and is calculated as phi/Cramer’s V and r, using chi-square and Student’s t-tests for categorical and numerical variables, respectively.
  2. ND neurodevelopmental delay; SD standard deviation