Table 2

Cohort characteristics

Non-immigrantsIndiaChinaPakistanPhilippinesVietnamBangladeshSomaliaNigeria
Sample size230 03410 0387 4685 8245 4411 4081 182833800
Birth  weight, g3382.91
±558.85
3185.42
±518.73
3315.79
±469.78
3208.88
±504.10
3177.88
±528.21
3221.91
±473.36
3114.52
±508.14
3362.01
±559.40
3357.89
±588.54
Sex
 Male, n(%)118 317 (51.43)5267 (52.47)3860 (51.69)3050 (52.37)2827 (51.96)722 (51.28)598 (50.59)436 (52.34)411 (51.38)
 Female, n(%)111 717 (48.57)4771 (47.53)3608 (48.31)2774 (47.63)2614 (48.04)686 (48.72)584 (49.41)397 (47.66)389 (48.63)
Gestational age38.84±1.7838.72±1.7038.87±1.5138.73±1.6138.44±1.7638.69±1.5838.54±1.8339.10±1.8238.57±1.89
 ≥37 weeks, n(%)212 989
(92.60)
9357 (93.22)7106 (95.15)5447 (93.53)4990 (91.71)1322 (93.89)1097 (92.81)775 (93.04)744
(93)
 32–<37 weeks, n(%)15 320 (6.66)610 (6.08)328 (4.39)343 (5.89)405 (7.44)79 (5.61)71 (6.01)53 (6.36)47 (5.88)
 28–<32 weeks , n(%)1312 (0.57)50 (0.5)29 (0.39)26 (0.45)35 (0.64)5 (0.36)9 (0.76)3 (0.36)4 (0.5)
 <28 weeks, n(%)413 (0.18)21 (0.21)5 (0.07)8 (0.14)11 (0.20)2 (0.14)5 (0.42)2 (0.24)5 (0.63)
Multigestation pregnancy, n(%)7819 (3.40)320 (3.19)171 (2.29)140 (2.40)97 (1.78)20 (1.42)19 (1.61)25 (3.00)34 (4.25)
Low birth  weight (<2500 g), n(%)12 716 (5.52)787 (7.84)307 (4.12)410 (7.04)427 (7.84)72 (5.12)100 (8.47)48 (5.76)51 (6.38)