Composition of fatty acids in the maternal and umbilical cord plasma of adolescent and adult mothers: relationship with anthropometric parameters of newborn

Table 1 Characterization of adolescent and adult mothers regarding the socio-economic, demographic and prenatal care variables

SOCIO-ECONOMIC VARIABLES	Adolescents		Adults
	n (%)	CI 95%	n (%)	CI 95%
Per capita family income ¹
< 1 per capita minimum wage²	25 (80.6)	[62.5 – 92.5]	20 (52.6)	[35.8 – 69.0]
≥1 per capita minimum wage²	6 (19.4)	[7.4 – 37.5]	18 (47.4)	[40.0 – 64.2]*
Education
< 8 years	4 (10)	[2.8 – 23.7]	9 (22.5)	[10.8 – 38.4]
≥ 8 years	36 (90)	[76.3 – 97.2]	31 (77.5)	[61.6- 89.2]
Work?
Yes	4 (10)	[2.8 – 23.7]	25 (62.5)	[45.8 – 77.3]*
Marital status
Single	32 (80)	[64.4 – 90.9]	7 (17.5)	[7.3 – 32.8]*
Married	8 (20)	[9.0 – 35.6]	33 (82.5)	[67.2 – 92.7]*
Prenatal medical consultations
< 6 consultations	6 (15)	[5.7 – 29.8]	2 (5.4)	[0.7 – 18.2]
≥ 6 consultations	34 (85)	[70.2 – 94.3]	35 (94.6)	[81.8 – 99.3]

*different from adolescents (P < 0.05).
¹Total family income / number of family members.
²Used the minimum wage relating to the period of data collection.
CI: confidence interval.
For the family income variable there was a loss of nine adolescents and two adults, and for the variable prenatal medical consultations there was a loss of 3 adults.

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