Body size at birth is associated with food and nutrient intake in adulthood. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundSmall body size at birth is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Dietary habits are tightly linked with these disorders, but the association between body size at birth and adult diet has been little ...
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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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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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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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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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Relation of in-utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs to pregnancy duration and size at birth. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundThe associations of individual antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) with pregnancy duration and size at birth, and potential dose relations, are not well characterized.MethodsThis cohort study used nationwide Swedish register data (1996-2013).
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Explaining differences in birth size and adiposity between Pakistani and White British babies [PDF]
, 2011 There is a growing recognition that being born 'small is associated with an increased risk of poorer adult cardiometabolic health in addition to its known adverse effects on perinatal and infant outcomes.
West, Jane
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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 [PDF]
, 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, ANDREW A. R. CHANNON
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