Table 2

Newborn z scores for different maternal study characteristics

Index	Adolescents				Non-adolescents				p Value
	Number		z Score		Number		z Score		p Value
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Values in parentheses are standard deviations.
W/L, Low weight for length; W/A, low weight for age; L/A, low length for age.
W/L	112	89	−0.03 (1.1)	−0.05 (0.9)	375	404	0.28 (0.9)	0.20 (0.9)	0.003	0.018
W/A	136	109	−1.24 (0.8)	−1.31(0.8)	404	447	−0.84 (0.7)	−0.90 (0.8)	<0.001	0.000
L/A	132	106	−1.03(0.9)	−1.08 (1.0)	399	444	−0.76 (0.7	−0.77 (0.9)	<0.001	0.002
	Primigravidae				Multigravidae
W/L	133	143	−0.06 (1.0)	−0.01 (0.9)	491	480	0.30 (0.9)	0.22 (0.9)	<0.001	0.012
W/A	168	172	−1.32 (0.7)	−1.29 (0.8)	532	534	−0.79 (0.7)	−0.86 (0.8)	<0.001	0.000
L/A	163	168	−1.12 (0.9)	−1.11 (1.0)	525	525	−0.72 (0.7)	−0.74 (0.9)	<0.001	0.000
	Placental/peripheral malaria				No placental/peripheral malaria
W/L	146	145	0.15 (1.0)	0.17 (0.9)	454	440	0.25 (0.9)	0.17 (0.9)	0.235	0.985
W/A	178	181	−1.03 (0.8)	−1.14 (0.9)	494	484	−0.88 (0.7)	−0.91 (0.8)	0.029	0.002
L/A	175	174	−0.95 (0.9)	−1.03 (1.1)	485	479	−0.78 (0.8)	−0.77 (0.9)	0.012	0.002
	HIV positive				HIV negative
W/L	64	61	0.08 (0.9)	0.03 (1.0)	185	188	0.17 (1.0)	0.11 (0.9)	0.529	0.522
W/A	73	81	−1.14 (0.7)	−1.30 (0.9)	220	222	−1.04 (0.8)	−1.09 (0.8)	0.314	0.055
L/A	73	78	−0.98 (0.7)	−1.20 (1.1)	217	221	−0.95 (0.9)	−1.0 (1.0)	0.778	0.095