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Assessment of Growth From Foot Length in Taiwanese Neonates

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2009
Previous studies have demonstrated a positive correlation between foot length (FL) and birth body weight (BBW), birth body length (BBL), and head circumference (HC). However, there is no data on birth FL in Taiwan.
Tsyr-Yuh Ho, Shan-Fu Ou, Shih-Hui Huang, Chi-Ning Lee, Luo-Ping Ger, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Shih-Ming Huang, Ken-Pen Weng   +7 more
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Improved first trimester maternal iodine status with preconception supplementation: The Women First Trial

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021
Maternal iodine (I) status is critical in embryonic and foetal development. We examined the effect of preconception iodine supplementation on maternal iodine status and on birth outcomes.
Amy E. Young, Jennifer F. Kemp, Charis Uhlson, Jamie L. Westcott, Sumera A. Ali, Sarah Saleem, Ana Garcès, Lester Figueroa, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, K. Michael Hambidge, Audrey E. Hendricks, Nancy F. Krebs, the Women First Preconception Maternal Nutrition Trial Group   +13 more
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Effect of marital distance on birth weight and length of offspring

Anthropological Review, 2017
Marital distance (MD), the geographical distance between birthplaces of spouses, is considered an agent favouring occurrence of heterosis and can be used as a measure of its level.
Kozieł Sławomir, Danel Dariusz P., Dziedzic-Danel Antonina, Zaręba Monika   +3 more
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The association between growth patterns and blood pressure in children and adolescents: A cross‐sectional study of seven provinces in China

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2021
Aimed to investigate the associations between different growth patterns with high blood pressure, and further examine the mediation effect of BMI between growth patterns and high blood pressure among children and adolescents.
Manman Chen, Ying Ma, Tao Ma, Yanhui Li, Di Gao, Li Chen, Jieyu Liu, Yi Zhang, Jun Jiang, Xinxin Wang, Yanhui Dong, Jun Ma   +11 more
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Correlation between Birth Length, Growth, and Development among Children in Rempoah Village Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia

Althea Medical Journal, 2021
Background: The first 1,000 days of life are the foundation for growth and development of children in the next period. Birth length may represent growth and development during the intrauterine life.
Sahda Vania Salsabiila, Qodri Santosa, Vitasari Indriani, Kurniawati Arifah, Joko Setyono   +4 more
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How to screen the cervix and reduce the risk of spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women without a prior preterm birth [PDF]

Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2023
Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality globally. PTB rates have increased in South Korea despite reduction in birth rates.
Seon Ui Lee, Gyul Jung, Han Wool Kim, Hyun Sun Ko   +3 more
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Mendelian randomization suggests that head circumference, but not birth weight and length, associates with intelligence

Brain and Behavior, 2021
Introduction Birth parameters have long been reported to have a role in human intelligence. However, the causalities reported in previous observational studies were controversial.
Li Qian, Fengjie Gao, Bin Yan, Lihong Yang, Wei Wang, Ling Bai, Xiancang Ma, Jian Yang   +7 more
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Altitude Modifies the Effect of Parity on Birth Weight/Length Ratio: A Study Comprising 2,057,702 Newborns between 1984 and 2020 in Austria

Life, 2023
(1) Background: Lower birth weight among newborns in higher altitudes has been well documented in previous literature. Several possible causes for this phenomenon have been investigated, including biophysiological adaptation, epigenetic or genetic ...
Eva Karner, Dana A. Muin, Katrin Klebermass-Schrehof, Thomas Waldhoer, Lin Yang   +4 more
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Gestational diabetes independently increases birth length and augments the effects of maternal BMI on birth weight: a retrospective cohort study.

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2014
Objective To investigate the effect of the interaction between gestational diabetes (GDM) and maternal body mass index (BMI) on the individual neonatal growth parameters.Design Retrospective cohort studySetting A tertiary maternity service in Sydney ...
Magdalena eByström, Anthony eLiu, Anthony eLiu, Ann Elizabeth Quinton, Ann Elizabeth Quinton, Bernard Linton Champion, Bernard Linton Champion, Kristy eMann, Michael ePeek, Michael ePeek, Ralph Kay Heinrich Nanan, Ralph Kay Heinrich Nanan   +11 more
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Impact of prenatal triclosan exposure on gestational age and anthropometric measures at birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2020
Background: Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals such as triclosan (TCS) leads to disrupting the endocrine system and consequently effect on the birth outcomes. The findings of studies in this field are controversial.
Mehri Khoshhali, Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Ali Fatehizadeh, Afshin Ebrahimi, Ensiyeh Taheri, Roya Kelishadi   +5 more
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