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Maternal Anemia and Low Birth Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Nutrients, 2018
Objective: To systematically analyze the relationship between maternal anemia and low birth weight. Methods: A search of studies was conducted in the main databases (Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, SciELO, and Lilacs), the gray literature, and ...
A. C. G. Figueiredo, I. Gomes-Filho, R. B. Silva, P. P. S. Pereira, F. D. Mata, A. Lyrio, E. S. Souza, S. S. Cruz, M. G. Pereira   +8 more
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Cardiovascular disease in a cohort exposed to the 1940-45 Channel Islands occupation [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND To clarify the nature of the relationship between food deprivation/undernutrition during pre- and postnatal development and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in later life, this study examined the relationship between birth weight (as a marker ...
A Forsdahl, A Laine, A Langlois, A Singhal, Allyson Byrom, C Cruickshank, D Kuh, DA Lawlor, DJP Barker, George TH Ellison, GTH Ellison, GTH Ellison, GTH Ellison, H Dunmore, I Koupil, IS Fentiman, J Rich-Edwards, JG Eriksson, KS Joseph, L Adair, M Bihet, M Bunting, M Eriksson, M Kelly, Mark S Gilthorpe, MJM Dirx, MJM Dirx, MJM Dirx, O Day, P Sanders, P Sparen, PAH van Noord, R Head, R Head, R Huxley, R McLoughlin, RF Head, Rosemary F Head, RWB Ellis, S Greenland, SG Elias, SG Elias, Y-K Tu, Z Stein   +43 more
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Advanced Maternal Age and the Risk of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery: a Within-Family Analysis Using Finnish Population Registers

American Journal of Epidemiology, 2017
Advanced maternal age at birth is considered a major risk factor for birth outcomes. It is unclear to what extent this association is confounded by maternal characteristics.
Alice Goisis, H. Remes, Kieron J Barclay, P. Martikainen, M. Myrskylä   +4 more
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Growth, current size and the role of the 'reversal paradox' in the foetal origins of adult disease: an illustration using vector geometry [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND Numerous studies have reported inverse associations between birth weight and a range of diseases in later life. These have led to the development of the 'foetal origins of adult disease hypothesis'. However, many such studies have only been
Ellison, G.T.H., Gilthorpe, M.S., Tu, Y-K.   +2 more
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The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care Method Toward Weight Gain and Length of Stay Among Low Birth Weight Baby [PDF]

, 2018
Infant mortality needs to get serious attention. Special efforts are relatively easy and inexpensive in the handling and care is through treatment methods can improve the stability ofKangaroo Mother Care(KMC) for babies and breastfeeding.The effort ...
Lisnawati, L. (Lisnawati), Muliani, M. (Muliani)   +1 more
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Can mothers judge the size of their newborn? Assessing the determinants of a mother's perception of a baby's size at birth

, 2011
Birth weight is known to be closely related to child health, although as many infants in developing countries are not weighed at birth and thus will not have a recorded birth weight it is difficult to use birth weight when analysing child illness.
Channon, Andrew
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ANN for Predicting Birth Weight [PDF]

, 2020
In this research, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was developed and tested to predict Birth Weight. A number of factors were identified that may affect birth weight.
Mohammad, Shawwah, Suheil, Murshidy
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Social influences on birth weight [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 2002
Risk factors for low birth weight are strongly influenced by the social environment Birth weight, like growth, is determined by the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors. The proportional contribution of these influences is unclear. However, birth weight varies within genetically similar populations,1–3 suggesting that environmental ...
Stuart Logan, Nick Spencer
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Customised and Noncustomised Birth Weight Centiles and Prediction of Stillbirth and Infant Mortality and Morbidity: A Cohort Study of 979,912 Term Singleton Pregnancies in Scotland

PLoS Medicine, 2017
Background There is limited evidence to support the use of customised centile charts to identify those at risk of stillbirth and infant death at term.
S. Iliodromiti, D. Mackay, Gordon C. S. Smith, J. Pell, N. Sattar, D. Lawlor, S. Nelson   +6 more
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A gradient relationship between low birth weight and IQ: A meta-analysis

Scientific Reports, 2017
Multiple studies have reported that individuals with low birth weights (LBW,
Huaiting Gu, Lixia Wang, Lingfei Liu, Xiu Luo, Jia Wang, Fang Hou, Pauline Denis Nkomola, Jing Li, Genyi Liu, H. Meng, Jiajia Zhang, Ranran Song   +11 more
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