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Individual correction of birth weight for parental stature with special reference to small-for-date and large-for-date infants

Individual correction of birth weight for parental stature with special reference to... Lazar et al., Individual correction of birth weight J. Perinat. Med. 3 (1975) 242 P. Lazar, J. Dreyfus, E. Papiernik-Berkhauer Unite de Recherches Statistiques, Villejuif, GEPSP, Haguenau, Faculte de Medecine, Universite Paris-Sud Received December 4, 1974. Accepted May 2, 1975. The expected birth weight of infants is known to depend on several factors: Gestational age at birth, sex, mother's age, parity and smoking habits, parental stature etc. Two of these factors, sex and gestational age, are now commonly taken into account when one has to decide whether a baby is "too small" or "too big", at birth [5, 3], even if the Utility of doing so is still controversial [8]. The usual name given to such babies (smallfor-date, large-for-date) is a reflection of this definition. One may question if it would not be useful to take into account in the same way other factors responsible for a notable part of the variance of birth weight, and several authors have suggested the use mother's weight and/or height for this purpose [2, 5]. The object of the present paper is to discuss the a priori appropriateness of such a correction, enlarged to include father's weight and height contribution, and to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Perinatal Medicine de Gruyter

Individual correction of birth weight for parental stature with special reference to small-for-date and large-for-date infants

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Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
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0300-5577
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1619-3997
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10.1515/jpme.1975.3.4.242
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Abstract

Lazar et al., Individual correction of birth weight J. Perinat. Med. 3 (1975) 242 P. Lazar, J. Dreyfus, E. Papiernik-Berkhauer Unite de Recherches Statistiques, Villejuif, GEPSP, Haguenau, Faculte de Medecine, Universite Paris-Sud Received December 4, 1974. Accepted May 2, 1975. The expected birth weight of infants is known to depend on several factors: Gestational age at birth, sex, mother's age, parity and smoking habits, parental stature etc. Two of these factors, sex and gestational age, are now commonly taken into account when one has to decide whether a baby is "too small" or "too big", at birth [5, 3], even if the Utility of doing so is still controversial [8]. The usual name given to such babies (smallfor-date, large-for-date) is a reflection of this definition. One may question if it would not be useful to take into account in the same way other factors responsible for a notable part of the variance of birth weight, and several authors have suggested the use mother's weight and/or height for this purpose [2, 5]. The object of the present paper is to discuss the a priori appropriateness of such a correction, enlarged to include father's weight and height contribution, and to

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Journal of Perinatal Medicinede Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1975

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