Table 5 Stratified comparison within girls born to syphilis-infected mothers

Length (cm)

at birth

49.39 ± 2.04

48.30 ± 2.40^a

50.10 ± 1.86

49.87 ± 1.48

49.98 ± 0.46^a

49.73 ± 1.21

4.799

<0.001

3 months

60.81 ± 2.84

60.18 ± 2.75

61.89 ± 2.64

61.17 ± 2.60

61.85 ± 2.57

61.15 ± 2.12

1.645

0.151

6 months

67.46 ± 2.57

66.27 ± 2.43

68.00 ± 2.55

66.92 ± 2.35

67.79 ± 2.02

67.71 ± 2.07

1.919

0.094

9 months

71.59 ± 2.62

71.06 ± 2.67

72.00 ± 3.02

70.55 ± 2.11

71.35 ± 1.83

71.54 ± 1.80

0.912

0.476

12 months

75.83 ± 3.24

75.56 ± 2.19

75.82 ± 3.22

74.58 ± 2.50

75.93 ± 2.20

76.42 ± 1.74

1.320

0.261

15 months

79.33 ± 3.08

78.11 ± 2.09

80.00 ± 3.65

78.93 ± 3.08

79.16 ± 1.80

78.93 ± 2.37

0.391

0.853

18 months

83.20 ± 2.39

81.86 ± 2.41

81.75 ± 4.11

82.89 ± 2.71

82.71 ± 1.94

83.10 ± 2.38

0.377

0.861

Weight (kg)

at birth

3.11 ± 0.57^{b, c}

2.91 ± 0.67^{a, d,e, f}

3.50 ± 0.69^{b, d}

3.29 ± 0.59^e

3.44 ± 0.57 ^{a, c}

3.24 ± 0.58^f

3.561

0.004

3 months

6.24 ± 0.98

6.00 ± 0.80 ^a

6.50 ± 0.69

6.36 ± 0.71

6.57 ± 0.54 ^a

6.51 ± 0.59

2.492

0.033

6 months

7.96 ± 1.03

7.54 ± 0.72

8.07 ± 0.77

7.88 ± 0.77

8.07 ± 0.68

8.14 ± 0.73

1.910

0.095

9 months

9.11 ± 1.08

8.85 ± 0.61

8.89 ± 0.64

8.77 ± 0.92

9.13 ± 0.81

9.18 ± 1.11

0.828

0.532

12 months

10.04 ± 1.43

9.92 ± 0.73

9.96 ± 0.79

9.63 ± 0.75

10.10 ± 1.09

10.07 ± 0.75

0.666

0.650

15 months

10.75 ± 1.07

10.47 ± 1.08

10.78 ± 0.75

10.68 ± 0.99

10.53 ± 0.98

11.00 ± 0.70

0.549

0.739

18 months

11.66 ± 1.07

11.84 ± 0.84

11.08 ± 0.99

11.26 ± 0.92

11.33 ± 0.93

11.64 ± 1.28

0.534

0.750