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Table 1 Characteristics of STORK and STARR babies

From: A modified Michaelis-Menten equation estimates growth from birth to 3 years in healthy babies in the USA

  

STORK

STARR

  

N

Statistic a

N

Statistic

Babies in weight analyses

 

97

 

14,695

 

Babies in height analyses

 

NAb

 

11,655

 

Female

 

49

50.5

7162

48.7

Birthweight

kg

96

3.42 (0.46)

14,695

3.28 (0.50)

Birth length

cm

NA

 

11,655

50.23 (2.58)

Weight at ~ 36 monthsc

kg

35

15.48 (2.76)

3,117

14.72 (1.84)

Height at ~ 36 months

cm

NA

 

2,514

95.88 (3.79)

Weight measures overall

 

796

9 (3) [5-10]

133,732

9 (4) [5-14]

Weight measures for ages

0–12 months

280

3 (1) [3-5]

86,705

6 (0) [4-8]

13–24

267

3 (1) [1-4]

31,809

3 (2) [0–4]

25–36

249

3 (1) [0–5]

15,218

1 (2) [0–4]

Height measures overall

 

NA

 

107,586

10 (3) [5–13]

Height measures for ages

0–12 months

NA

 

68,927

6 (1) [3–8]

13–24

  

26,221

3 (1) [0–4]

25–36

  

12,438

1 (2) [0–3]

Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino

62

63.9

1,026

6.9

Non-Hispanic

35

36.1

8,418

56.8

Unspecified

0

 

5,373

36.3

Race group

Asian

16

16.5

3,220

21.7

Black

5

5.2

255

1.7

Native American

0

 

18

 < 1

Pacific Islander

2

2.1

42

 < 1

White

73

75.3

3,911

26.4

Other

1

1.0

1,858

12.5

Unspecified

0

 

5,513

37.2

  1. aPercent or mean (standard deviation [sd]) or median (interquartile range [IQR]) [range]
  2. b NA Not applicable in STORK (neither birth length nor height values were ascertained at household visits)
  3. c ± 2 months