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A new birth weight chart and optimal birth weight percentiles for predicting infant mortality [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Prescriptive BW charts can facilitate discrimination between normal and abnormal birthweight. This study aimed to develop a prescriptive BW chart specific to Asian populations and assess its utility in predicting infant mortality.
Jui-Chun Chang, Yen-Ju Chen, I.-Chieh Chen, Wei-Szu Lin, Ching-Tsai Lin, Ying-Cheng Lin, Yi-Ming Chen, Ching-Heng Lin   +7 more
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Birth Weight in the Long-Run [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
We study the effect of birth weight on long-run outcomes using data on Swedish twins born between 1926 and 1958 linked to administrative records spanning entire life-time labor market histories.
Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg, Dan-Olof Rooth   +2 more
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ENORMOUS WEIGHT OF A CHILD AT BIRTH. [PDF]

The Lancet
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J.D. Owens
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Predicting birth weight at booking [PDF]

BMJ Medicine
Sabita Uthaya, Emily Prior
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Saturation effects of pre-pregnancy BMI on infant birth weight in Jiangxi Province, China: a retrospective study [PDF]

Scientific Reports
There were limited analyses on relationship between body mass index (BMI) pre-pregnancy, as well as birth weight. Research aimed to examine the relation between these two, as well as low birth weight (LBW) risk in Jiangxi Province, China. A total of 1193
Jun Xiong, Huan Li, Xiao-Qing Tan, Xiao-Ju He, Wen-Yan Fu   +4 more
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Birth weight in live births and stillbirths

Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2016
ABSTRACTObjectiveTo establish a normal range of birth weights for gestational age at delivery and to compare the proportion of live births and stillbirths that are classified as small‐for‐gestational age (SGA) according to our normal range vs that of the INTERGROWTH‐21st standard.MethodsThe study population comprised 113 019 live births and 437 (0.4 ...
Kypros H. Nicolaides, Argyro Syngelaki, Liona C. Poon, Liona C. Poon, M.Y. Tan, Guelen Yerlikaya   +5 more
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Birth Weights of South African Babies: (II.) Effect of Birth Rank on Birth Weight [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1951
Eva J. Salber, E Bradshaw
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On the Value of Birth Weight*

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021
AbstractA large body of evidence documents the educational and labour market returns to birth weight, which are reflected in investments in large social safety net programmes targeting birth weight and early life health. However, there is no direct evidence on the private valuation of birth weight.
Damian Clarke, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana‐Domeque   +2 more
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Association of Air Pollution and Heat Exposure With Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight, and Stillbirth in the US

JAMA Network Open, 2020
This systematic review summarizes the association of climate change, including heat, ozone, and fine particulate matter, with adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth, in the US.
Bruce Bekkar, S. Pacheco, R. Basu, Nathaniel Denicola   +3 more
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Associations between high temperatures in pregnancy and risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirths: systematic review and meta-analysis

British medical journal, 2020
Objective To assess whether exposure to high temperatures in pregnancy is associated with increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth. Design Systematic review and random effects meta-analysis.
M. Chersich, M. Pham, A. Areal, M. Haghighi, A. Manyuchi, C. Swift, B. Wernecke, M. Robinson, Robyn S. Hetem, M. Boeckmann, S. Hajat   +10 more
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