Physical characteristics of the gravida and their association with birth weight and perinatal death

Niswander, Kenneth R.; Jackson, Esther C.

doi:10.1016/0002-9378(74)90289-0

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“…16 The underweight women also had almost twice the incidence of preterm delivery found in women of normal weight. Underweight women in other studies had higher rates of preterm labour, premature rupture of membranes, endometritis, and anaemia.5 18 In the women who required induction of ovulation a body mass index below 19 1 at the time of booking was associated with a fivefold increase in the risk of having a baby with a birth weight below the 10th centile. This suggests strongly that underweight women who develop amenorrhoea should be regarded as particularly at risk of having a growth retarded infant.…”

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Outcome of pregnancy in underweight women after spontaneous and induced ovulation

1989

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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Outcome of pregnancy in underweight women after spontaneous and induced ovulation

1989

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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“…In both populations the relative weight and body fatness of women during childbearing age is very high (Bindon and Baker, 1985). Maternal prepregnant weight is one of the primary indicators of birthweight (Simpson, Lawless and Mitchell, 1975;Eastman and Jackson, 1968;Niswander and Jackson, 1974), and, along with birthweight, is also associated with continued rapid growth postnatally (Garn, 1985;Garn and Lavelle, 1984). Another factor may be the pattern of frequent nursing by Samoan mothers, which was described by Malcolm (1954) and more recently by Nardi (1984).…”

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Patterns of growth in weight and length among American Samoan infants

Pelletier

Bindon

1986

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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Well baby clinic records on 1, 186 infants born in 1975 to 1976 on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa, form the basis for this study of the growth in weight and length from birth to 12 months. Semi-longitudinal curves of weight and length indicate that these infants have median weights near the NCHS 75th percentile (boys) and 90th percentile (girls) up to 6 months, falling to just below the 75th percentile by 12 months. Median lengths are between the NCHS 50th and 25th percentile. Weight gain from birth to six months was found to be higher than for any other reported population (4.92 kg, sexes combined). The infant feeding pattern was found to exert a significant influence on rate of weight gain for boys between birth and 1-4 months, with the breast-fed boys gaining more rapidly than artificial-fed infants.

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“…From birth certificates, we determined that cases were all single live LBW infants born in the area from January 1, 1986 to December 31,1987. The number of cases was 402.…”

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Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight Infants in Japan

Babazono

Tsuda

Yamamoto

et al. 1994

Journal of Epidemiology

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Prevalence of low birth weight infants in Japan has been increasing, although infant mortality is the lowest in the world. We conducted a population based case-control study to clarify risk factors for low birth weight infants in Japan.Information was obtained by questionnaire. The response rate was 78.9% from 402 cases and 804 controls.The majority of low birth weight infants belongs to full-term case group. This is considered to be an important factor for low infant mortality in Japan.We examined potential risk factors by a multiple logistic regression model. Lower maternal academic career and toxemia were identified as significant risk factors for pre-term low birth weight infants, while maternal shorter height, lower prepregnancy weight, maternal smoking and employment during pregnancy and hypertension were identified as significant risk factors for full-term low birth weight infants. The Japanese small physique and prevalent hypertension are considered to be causes for the high prevalence of low birth weight infants. J Epidemiol, 1994; 4: 91-98. case-control study, japan, logistic regression model, low birth weight infant

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Physical characteristics of the gravida and their association with birth weight and perinatal death

Cited by 84 publications

References 2 publications

Outcome of pregnancy in underweight women after spontaneous and induced ovulation

Outcome of pregnancy in underweight women after spontaneous and induced ovulation

Patterns of growth in weight and length among American Samoan infants

Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight Infants in Japan

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