Table 1

Sociodemographic variables during pregnancy and in early childhood

Sociodemographic variables during pregnancy/early childhoodMean (SD)
Child birth weight in grams3573.4 (452.7)
Gestational age at birth in weeks40.0 (1.3)
Children’s age in days
 3 months98.1 (14.7)
 8 months246.6 (9.6)
 18 months561.7 (47.7)
 24 months752.1 (42.6)
Maternal age during pregnancy in years31.1 (4.4)
N (%)
Sex
 Male495 (52.9%)
 Female441 (47.1%)
Maternal health during pregnancy
 Good health718 (76.9%)
Maternal education during pregnancy
 Primary40 (4.4%)
 Secondary518 (56.6%)
 High357 (39.0%)
Infantile colic in early childhood
 3 months36 (4.0%)
 8 months21 (2.3%)