Size at birth predicts later brain volumes [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 We aimed to investigate whether gestation at birth, birth weight, and head circumference at birth are still associated with brain volume and white matter microstructure at 9–10 years in children born late-preterm and at term.
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The adaptive significance of large size at birth in marine snakes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Evolutionary shifts from one habitat type to another can clarify selective forces that affect life-history attributes. Four lineages of snakes (acrochordids and three clades within the Elapidae) have invaded marine habitats, and all have larger offspring
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Mother's perception of size at birth is a weak predictor of low birth weight: Evidence from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Birth weight is a consistent predictor of morbidity and survivability in infancy and later life. This study aims to assess the accuracy of the mother's perception of size at birth to predict low birth weight(LBW).
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Association between Maternal Plasma Ferritin Level and Infants’ Size at Birth: A Prospective Cohort Study in Rural Bangladesh [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2021 Background: Iron supplementation in pregnancy is recommended by the WHO to prevent a major public health problem, namely, maternal iron deficiency and its consequences.
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Altered head size at birth is associated with maternal 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure in Vietnamese infants [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInfant body size at birth has been suggested as a good marker of fetal development. However, in Vietnam, impacts of maternal TCDD exposure originating from Agent Orane on body size indices at birth have not been investigated in infants from birth cohorts
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Early Blood Analysis and Gas Exchange Monitoring in the Canine Neonate: Effect of Dam’s Size and Birth Order [PDF]
Animals, 2022 In canines, size at birth is determined by the dam’s weight, which would probably affect the newborn’s viability due to litter size and birth order. Fetal hypoxia causes distress and acidemia.
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Influence of Litter Size at Birth on Productive Parameters in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) [PDF]
Animals, 2020 A study was conducted at the Escuela Superior Politècnica de Chimborazo, Ecuador, to evaluate the influence of litter size of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) on their development and to establish the economic profitability of the production system.
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Size at birth, infant growth, and age at pubertal development in boys and girls [PDF]
Clinical Epidemiology, 2019 Julie Jessen Hvidt, Nis Brix, Andreas Ernst, Lea Lykke Braskhøj Lauridsen, Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen Department of Public Health, Section for Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence: Julie Jessen HvidtDepartment of ...
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Opium use during pregnancy and infant size at birth: a cohort study [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018 Background The reported positive association between opiatic drug use during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes might be confounded by other factors related to high-risk behaviors, including the use of other harmful substances.
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Predictive accuracy of perceived baby birth size for birth weight: a cross-sectional study from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives The study was designed to evaluate the accuracy of maternally perceived baby birth size assessments as a measure of birth weight and examine factors influencing the accuracy of maternal size assessments.Study design Cross-sectional study ...
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