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Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood : an individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project [PDF]

, 2018
Background: There is evidence that birth size is positively associated with height in later life, but it remains unclear whether this is explained by genetic factors or the intrauterine environment.
Abramson, Lior, Almqvist, Catarina, Bartels, Meike, Bayasgalan, Gombojav, Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten, Boivin, Michel, Boomsma, Dorret I, Brandt, Ingunn, Brendgen, Mara, Brescianini, Sonia, Burt, S Alexandra, Corley, Robin P, Craig, Jeffrey M, Cutler, Tessa L, Derom, Catherine, Dionne, Ginette, Dubois, Lise, Fagnani, Corrado, Fisher, Abigail, Harris, Jennifer R, Haworth, Claire MA, Heikkila, Kauko, Hopper, John L, Huibregtse, Brooke M, Hur, Yoon-Mi, Jelenkovic, Aline, Ji, Fuling, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kim, Jina, Klump, Kelly L, Knafo-Noam, Ariel, Krueger, Robert F, Lee, Jooyeon, Lee, Sooji, Llewellyn, Clare H, Loos, Ruth JF, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Mankuta, David, McGue, Matt, Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol, Nelson, Tracy L, Nielsen, Henning Beck, Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius, Ning, Feng, Ooki, Syuichi, Pahlen, Shandell, Pang, Zengchang, Pietilainen, Kirsi H, Plomin, Robert, Rasmussen, Finn, Rebato, Esther, Saffery, Richard, Saudino, Kimberly J, Silventoinen, Karri, Sodemann, Morten, Sorensen, Thorkild IA, Stazi, Maria A, Sund, Reijo, Sung, Joohon, Tarnoki, Adam D, Tarnoki, David L, Tynelius, Per, Ullemar, Vilhelmina, van Beijsterveld, Catharina EM, Vitaro, Frank, Vlietinck, Robert F, Whitfield, Keith E, Willemsen, Gonneke, Yokoyama, Yoshie   +68 more
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Newborn birth weight in normal pregnancy in rural Telangana

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2017
Introduction: Newborn birth weight is a major indicator of health. Although it is influenced by many conditions that affect maternal and feto-placental units, several sociocultural, religious, and geographical factors cannot be ignored. Considering this,
Basanta M Hota, Naimisha Movva
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Changing trends of birth weight with maternal age: a cross-sectional study in Xi’an city of Northwestern China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Most studies have shown that maternal age is associated with birth weight. However, the specific relationship between each additional year of maternal age and birth weight remains unclear.
Shanshan Wang, Liren Yang, Li Shang, Wenfang Yang, Cuifang Qi, Liyan Huang, Guilan Xie, Ruiqi Wang, Mei Chun Chung   +8 more
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Low birth weight and birth weight status in Bangladesh: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Anthropological Review, 2021
The prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) is high in Bangladesh, but no study has collated recent estimates of LBW prevalence from throughout the country.
Shaikh Saijuddin, Islam Md. Tanvir, Campbell Rebecca K.   +2 more
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Influence of prenatal maternal stress, maternal plasma cortisol and cortisol in the amniotic fluid on birth outcomes and child temperament at 3 months [PDF]

, 2004
This prospective, longitudinal study aimed to investigate relationships between indicators of maternal prenatal stress, infant birth outcomes and early temperament.
Baibazarova, Eugenia, van de Beek, Cornelieke, Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T., Buitelaar, Jan, Shelton, Katherine Helen, Van Goozen, Stephanie Helena Maria   +5 more
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A study of birth weight of full term neonates and its′ determinants

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014
Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is highly prevalent in India and has a multifactorial causation. There is a need to study and identify the modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors determining birth weight.
Yugantara R Kadam, Randheer V Dhoble, Alka D Gore   +2 more
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Maternal and neonatal factors associated with low birth weight among neonates delivered at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
IntroductionLow birth weight is a major contributory factor to infant mortality. Although low birth weight remains an important public health problem in Ethiopia, little emphasis is paid to its intervention as a means of reducing neonatal mortality.
Dagnew Getnet Adugna, Misganaw Gebrie Worku   +1 more
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Maternal Characteristics of Very Low Birth Weight and Extremely Low Birth Weight Incidence

Obgynia
Introduction: Low birth weight (LBW) infants have the potential for cognitive deficits, motor delays, cerebral palsy, and other behavioral and psychological problems.
Badar Muhammad Pajajaran, Herman Sumawan, Raden Tina Dewi Judistiani, Budi Handono   +3 more
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Low Birth Weight and Associated Factors Among Newborn Babies in Health Institutions in Dessie, Amhara, Ethiopia

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2020
Desalegn Abebaw Jember,1 Zeleke Argaw Menji,2 Yibeltal Asmamaw Yitayew3 1Department of Pediatric Nursing, St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2College of Nursing and Midwifery, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa ...
Jember DA, Menji ZA, Yitayew YA
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Critical evaluation of various methods of estimating foetal weight by ultrasound [PDF]

, 2003
Summary: This prospective study was conducted in a peripheral hospital of Kasturba Medical College; Manipal to know which sonographic method of estimation of foetal weight reliably predicts the birth weight. 100 patients were scanned thoroughly within 48
Hebbar, Shripad
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