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Table 4 Infant characteristics

From: Admission to day stay early parenting program is associated with improvements in mental health and infant behaviour: A prospective cohort study

Variables

Number of valid responses

Sample

Comparison

p

Sex

114

   

 Male n(%)

 

67 (58.8)

51.52

0.07

 Female n(%)

 

47 (41.2)

48.52

 

Mean (SD) infant age (weeks)

115

26.5 (11.74)

31 (11.7)3

<0.001

Gestational age n(%)

113

   

Pre-term (<37 weeks)

 

5 (4.4)

7.926.03

0.12 0.31

Birth weight n(%)

114

   

<2500 g

 

6 (5.3)

6.52

0.37

>2499 g

 

108 (94.7)

93.52

 

Illnesses or medical conditions since birth n(%)

115

76 (66.1)

  

Health development concerns n(%)

108

18 (16.7)

  
  1. 1 2009 Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey.
  2. 2 Births in Victoria 2007 and 2008 [22].
  3. 3 Tweddle Residential Service 2004 [4, 23].
  4. 4a Community Sample: Buist 2008 [24].
  5. 4b Community Sample: McCallum 2011 [20].