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Ethnic variation in the size of infant at birth

โœ Scribed by Laurie B. Schumacher; Ivan G. Pawson; James R. Green; J. Colin Partridge; Norman Kretchmer

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
739 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
1042-0533

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โœฆ Synopsis

The impact of ethnicity and other maternal factors (BMI, parity, glucose tolerance, gestational age) on the size of the infant at birth was investigated in a relatively low socioeconomic status, multi-ethnic population at San Francisco General Hospital. A sample of 2,069 infants born to mothers of black, non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, and Chinese descent and whose mothers had received prenatal care at San Francisco General Hospital were studied. Maternal size, pregnancy history, and blood glucose were determined prenatally at 26-28 weeks gestation. Anthropometry was performed on the infant within 72 hours of birth. Black and Chinese infants were the lightest in weight, while Hispanic infants were the heaviest. When correction was made for maternal factors black

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