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Background In South Asia, a third of babies are born small-for-gestational age (SGA). The risk factors are well described in the literature, but many studies are in high-and-middle income countries or measure SGA on facility births only.
Elizabeth A. Hazel +9 more
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Large for Gestational Age and Obesity-Related Comorbidities
Both small for gestational age and large for gestational age (LGA) size at birth are associated with metabolic complications throughout life. The long-term consequences of LGA have been investigated in only a few studies. LGA is thought to be associated with early obesity and metabolic risk.
Yong Hee Hong, Ji-Eun Lee
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Large-for-Gestational-Age, Leptin, and Adiponectin in Infancy
Abstract Context Fetal overgrowth “programs” an elevated risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes in adulthood. Plausibly, adipokines may be involved in programming metabolic health. Objective This work aimed to evaluate whether large-for ...
Rong Huang +9 more
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Background: Growth charts are the primary tools for evaluating neonatal birth weight and length. They help and qualify the neonates as Appropriate for Gestational Age (AGA), Small for Gestational Age (SGA), or Large for Gestational Age (LGA).
Dominik Jakubowski +8 more
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Preeclampsia and the risk of large-for-gestational-age infants [PDF]
We sought to compare the risk of giving birth to large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants in women with and without preeclampsia, after adjustment for obesity and glucose intolerance.We conducted secondary analysis of a prospective database of pregnant women with and without preeclampsia who delivered infants from 1998 through 2006 at Massachusetts ...
Camille E, Powe +8 more
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Background: To inform the on-going debate about the use of universal prescriptive versus national intrauterine growth charts, we compared perinatal mortality for small and large-for-gestational-age (SGA/LGA) infants according to international and ...
Alice Hocquette, MSc +18 more
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Background This study aims to explore the relationships between pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain (GWG), rate of GWG during the second and third trimesters (GWGrate) and birth weight among Chinese women.
Yawen Wang +9 more
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ObjectiveAs the high proportion of underweight pregnant women, omission of their weight gain and blood lipids management during gestation might lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Dongyu Wang +6 more
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Background Offspring of women with type 1 diabetes are at increased risk of fetal growth patterns which are associated with perinatal morbidity. Our aim was to compare rates of large- and small-for-gestational age (LGA; SGA) defined according to ...
Claire L. Meek +7 more
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ObjectiveTo explore the effect of interpregnancy interval on small for gestational age (SGA) and large for gestational age (LGA) birth and to provide evidence to the consultation about multiparous pregnancy and the development of public health policies ...
Gao-jie FAN, Qing LIU, Kai CHEN
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