Most research on birth weight and adult health status has reported adult measures at a single time point. This study examined the relationship of self-reported birth weight to longitudinal changes in adult body composition in 587 women of the Michigan Bone Health and Metabolism Study, followed from 1992 to 2007 and aged 24-50 years at baseline. Linear mixed models were used to estimate the asso...

R ecent meta-analysis (1) and systematic review (2) show that high and low birth weight are related in a Ushaped manner to later risk of type 2 diabetes. It is also interesting to denote the positive birth weight/type 2 diabetes associations within the normal weight range. It is now widely accepted that both genetic and environmental factors are engaged in intrauterine growth, glucose tolerance...

730 low birth weight (lbw) neonates and 1460 controls were selected from 13,123 neonates born from october 1988 to june 1989 in 17 hospitals and maternity units in tehran, and were compared for mortality in the first seven and up to 28 days of life (early neonatal period). in this study all low birth weight newborns are divided according to four sub-groups of birth weight, and the mortality wit...

Background: Fetal growth and birth weight is associated with a lot of factors and specific conditions that can exist or are produced pregnancy. The purpose of this study was assessment of birth weight and its relation to gender, parity and maternal age in Kosar hospital, Qazvin in 2010. Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study, 3076 women with the normal vaginal delivery (NVD) entre...

INTRODUCTION The current cohort study was conducted to determine the frequency and compare the mortality rate with associated characteristics among low birth weight and normal birth weight infants during the neonatal period at a tertiary healthcare facility, Karachi. METHODOLOGY Close-ended structured questionnaires were used to collect information from the parents of 500 registered neonates ...

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in India. The important factor associated is dyslipidemia. A strong relationship has been seen in epidemiological studies between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. The present study was planned to analyse cord blood lipid profile, apolipoproteins and atherogenic index and to see their relationship with birth weight. ...

background: to determine whether using mechanical ventilation in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) influences motor development of low birth weight (lbw) infants and to compare their motor development with normal birth weight (nbw) infants at the age of 8 to 12 months using peabody developmental motor scale 2 (pdms-2). methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 70 lbw infants in two...

An examination of length, weight, and birth weight data routinely collected from the clinics supported by the Navajo Nation Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) showed an association between birth weight and subsequent growth status. Navajo children less than 2 years of age entering the WIC Program were divided into low, normal, and high birth weight groups, and t...

The aim of this study is to assess the association between crown-rump length (CRL) measured before the 10th gestational week and birth weight. Results from 316 transvaginal ultrasonography scans at the 46th, 53rd, 60th, 67th, and 74th days of pregnancy were compared in low birth weight (LBW) versus normal birth weight groups. A positive correlation between CRL and birth weight was observed when...