• Young infants from birth of low birthweight (LBW), respectively. (cdc.gov)
  • These are found in premature infants, associated with low birth weight. (wikipedia.org)
  • Special attention and practical support is needed for feeding in exceptionally difficult circumstances, including low birth weight infants, malnourished children, infants and children in emergencies, infants born to HIV- positive mothers, and other vulnerable children living under challenging circumstances. (who.int)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Maternal blood manganese levels during pregnancy are associated with birth weight in a nonlinear pattern in full-term infants. (cdc.gov)
  • Based on observations of more than 4,000 infants, researchers in an NIH newborn research network have identified several factors that influence an extremely low birth weight infant's chances for survival and disability. (nih.gov)
  • The findings offer new information to physicians and families considering the most appropriate treatment options for this category of infants. (nih.gov)
  • Every day, physicians and new parents must struggle with the type of care to provide to extremely low birth weight infants, the smallest, most frail category of preterm infants. (nih.gov)
  • The study authors referred to the issue of providing intensive care for extremely low birth weight infants. (nih.gov)
  • To identify other factors that influenced survival and disability risk, the study authors observed more than 4,000 extremely low birth weight infants in their network. (nih.gov)
  • By specifying the baby's sex, weight, and information related to each of the variables listed above, physicians and family members can generate composite statistics on infant outcomes, based on the experiences of extremely low birthweight infants in the NICHD Neonatal Research Network study. (nih.gov)
  • Low birth weight infants are more susceptible to illness, face a higher risk of mortality, are more likely to develop disabilities and are less likely to attain the same level of education and income as an infant born within a healthy weight range. (utah.edu)
  • WHO is coordinating a study in India to determine the impact of zinc supplementation on morbidity in low- birth-weight infants. (who.int)
  • She sat on the pregnancy and birth defects task force for CDC's 2016 Zika response - Zika virus response and led the, and led the domestic, and led the domestic Zika pregnancy and infants research [inaudible] in the division of congenital and developmental disorders until May 2018. (cdc.gov)
  • 7 Low weight and premature infants have, in particular, increased incidence of neurological deficits or poorer cognitive skills throughout childhood. (bmj.com)
  • 4- 6 In addition, birth weight is related to adult outcomes: lower weight infants have on average shorter adult stature, 8 increased blood pressure, 9 increased risk of non-insulin dependent diabetes, 10 and, in later life, higher rates of fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease, stroke, and obstructive lung disease. (bmj.com)
  • These technologies have also helped some of the smallest preemies, called extremely low birth weight (ELBW) and defined as infants weighing less than 2.2 pounds. (nih.gov)
  • Recent findings from an NICHD-funded longitudinal study provide new evidence on longer-term health trends of these infants. (nih.gov)
  • These findings suggest that health care providers who care for ELBW infants during their childhood and into adolescence may need to consider these patients at risk for certain chronic conditions, such as asthma and obesity. (nih.gov)
  • In contrast to previous research findings, birth weights plummeted even further in infants born to a subset of women considered to be at low risk for small babies: Mothers who were white, well-educated, married, didn't smoke, received early prenatal care, and delivered vaginally with no complications had babies who weighed an average of 79 grams (2.78 ounces) less at birth during the study period. (disabled-world.com)
  • in very low birth weight infants. (researchgate.net)
  • In about 20% of very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants, punctate white matter lesions (PWML) can be diagnosed at MRI at term equivalent age. (news-medical.net)
  • 2022) Adenosine Blood Level: A Biomarker of White Matter Damage in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. (news-medical.net)
  • Birth certificate and Medicaid claims data were analyzed for 7,124 women delivering live infants in North Carolina from October 2008 through September 2010, of whom 2,255 received MCC services. (rti.org)
  • Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants exhibit high rates of mortality and morbidity. (hkmj.org)
  • Extremely low birth weight infants in Hong Kong showed significant mortality and morbidity: there was no survival prior to 23.6 weeks' gestation or below 550 g birth weight in this series. (hkmj.org)
  • Parents in Hong Kong with extremely low birth weight infants should be counselled regarding expectations for infant survival and associated complications. (hkmj.org)
  • Hong Kong hospitals can modify their practices to support an increased rate of survival and decreased rate of complications among extremely low birth weight infants. (hkmj.org)
  • The weight for full-term infants that are born AGA will most often be between 2,500 grams (about 5.5 lbs or 2.5 kg) and 4,000 grams (about 8.75 lbs or 4 kg). (medlineplus.gov)
  • Committee 22.1 subsequently the percent of low birthweight infants declined by 19 percent, recommended that whenever data were available to provide disparity in the percent of children under 18 years of age in reliable estimates, the HSIs be examined for specific poverty and in the syphilis case rate declined by 13 percent, groups (3). (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of this study was to examine the associations between birth weight and lung function in a cohort of women aged 60-79 years and to combine these results with those from other published studies in a systematic review and meta-analysis. (bmj.com)
  • The 1982 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study (n = 5,914) has prospectively collected weight and health data at several follow-ups since birth. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • METHODS: A sample of 1029 children was drawn from Birth to Twenty, a longitudinal cohort followed from pregnancy to young adulthood. (ox.ac.uk)
  • METHODS: We studied the association between maternal and umbilical cord blood manganese levels and birth weight in a cohort of 470 mother-infant pairs born at term (>or=37 weeks gestation) in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. (cdc.gov)
  • Niarchou M. Zammit S. Lewis G. The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort as a resource for studying psychopathology in childhood and adolescence: a summary of findings for depression and psychosis . (bristol.ac.uk)
  • Birth weight and related outcomes have profound influences on life cycle health, but the effect of maternal hemoglobin concentration during pregnancy on birth weight is still unclear. (lstmed.ac.uk)
  • Information on maternal socio-demographic status, health-related factors, antenatal visits, and neonatal birth outcomes were collected. (lstmed.ac.uk)
  • Maternal prepregnancy hemoglobin concentration has rarely been explored as a risk of poor birth outcomes. (nature.com)
  • A high hemoglobin concentration ( ⩾ 150 g/l), however, was not associated with adverse birth outcomes. (nature.com)
  • Additionally, we analyzed the binary outcomes of low birthweight (LBW) or very low birthweight (VLBW). (stencila.io)
  • Low birthweight and subsequent emotional and behavioural outcomes in 12-year-old children in Soweto, South Africa: findings from Birth to Twenty. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Maternal nutrition and birth outcomes. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • In recent years, the mechanism(s) by which excess body weight produces adverse cardiovascular outcomes has attracted interest, with one potential pathway being the dysfunction of adipose tissue. (nature.com)
  • Our findings demonstrate that in the very early stages of intra-uterine development, climate change has the potential to significantly impact birth outcomes. (utah.edu)
  • Findings from studies of prenatal exposure to pesticides and adverse birth outcomes have been equivocal so far. (mdpi.com)
  • 2 Sixty two per cent of infant deaths in 1999 were to low weight babies (under 2500 g). 2 Weight at birth is also predictive of other childhood outcomes, including linear growth, 3 cognition, 4- 6 and disability. (bmj.com)
  • An ILSI Europe workshop reviewed the key contributors leading to adverse outcomes in pregnancy and childhood, including gestational weight gain and nutrition. (karger.com)
  • Many pregnancies in overweight/obese women are uncomplicated and result in offspring of normal weight, leaving the main determinants of later adverse outcomes to be clarified. (karger.com)
  • Global research efforts to date have focused on antenatal dietary and/or lifestyle interventions with the intention of limiting gestational weight gain (GWG) to improve health outcomes both for the woman and her infant. (springer.com)
  • There was little evidence of an effect on the pre-specified composite maternal and infant outcomes, including birth weight [ 4 ]. (springer.com)
  • This study aims to reveal the associations between maternal hemoglobin concentrations in different trimesters of pregnancy and neonatal birth weight, LBW, and SGA. (lstmed.ac.uk)
  • Neonates (birth to 6 days of age) are normally admit- included date of birth, age, sex, district of residence, birth- ted directly to the neonatal nursery from the labor ward or weight, and gestational age at birth (defined by maternal postnatal wards. (cdc.gov)
  • The study analyzed data on birth weight, maternal and neonatal characteristics, obstetric care and other trends from the National Center for Health Statistics Natality Data Sets, looking at 36,827,828 U.S. babies born at full-term between 1990 and 2005. (disabled-world.com)
  • These findings may guide future neonatal health policy and funding in Hong Kong. (hkmj.org)
  • Preterm birth is indeed a major clinical public heath problem that accounts for nearly 50% of all neonatal deaths. (bvsalud.org)
  • Associations with trajectories of estimated fetal weight (EFW) and individual fetal parameters (head circumference, femur length [FL], and abdominal circumference [AC]) from 12-16 to 40 weeks' gestation were analysed using multilevel fractional polynomial models. (plos.org)
  • The preterm birth rate (based on obstetric estimate of gestation) was up slightly in 2015 to 9.62%, the first increase in this rate since 2007. (cdc.gov)
  • Birth weight a combination of fetal growth and length of gestation was recorded in grams. (disabled-world.com)
  • In addition to declines in birth weight, average gestation length among these full-term births also dropped by more than two days. (disabled-world.com)
  • A logical conclusion might be that trends in obstetric management, such as greater use of cesarean delivery and induction of labor, might account for these decreases in birth weight and gestation length," says Oken. (disabled-world.com)
  • there was no survival prior to 23.6 weeks' gestation or below 550 g birth weight. (hkmj.org)
  • 2 8 9 10 11 Periviable birth is defined as delivery occurring from 20 weeks to 25 weeks 6 days of gestation. (hkmj.org)
  • Excessive anxiety during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight, shorter length of gestation, and negative effects on infant brain development, including stress regulation. (aboutseafood.com)
  • Gestation is the period of time between conception and birth. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Simple measures of gestational weight gain provide insufficient detail of the underlying physiological and metabolic adaptations occurring in pregnancy, and should be complemented by measures of body composition, metabolic and endocrine responses. (karger.com)
  • Recordings of maternal dietary intake and nutrient status are often limited and potential correlations with gestational weight gain have been poorly studied. (karger.com)
  • Current evidence demonstrates that women provided with a dietary intervention during pregnancy improve their dietary quality and have a modest reduction in gestational weight gain. (springer.com)
  • Results The mother's IQ was more highly predictive of breastfeeding status than were her race, education, age, poverty status, smoking, the home environment, or the child's birth weight or birth order. (bmj.com)
  • To generate precipitation records for each birth, the team calculated the average precipitation for a given month within 10 km of the child's birth location. (utah.edu)
  • This was done for each month up to one year prior to each child's birth. (utah.edu)
  • The team first calculated the maximum daily temperature for a given calendar day within 10 km of a child's birth location. (utah.edu)
  • In analyses adjusted for confounding variables, weight gain in infancy showed a weak negative association among males, but from the second year onwards, weight gain was positively associated with CRP levels. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • Propensity-weighted analyses were conducted to reduce the influence of selection bias in evaluating program participation. (rti.org)
  • Analysis of fetal DNA (from umbilical cord blood) revealed that genetic markers commonly associated with high BMI in adults were detectable in fetal DNA and found to be related to birth weight and adiposity in childhood. (news-medical.net)
  • The birth rate for women in their early 20s declined to 76.9 births per 1,000 women, another record low. (cdc.gov)
  • Birth rates for women in their 30s and early40s increased in 2015.The nonmarital birthrate declined 1% in 2015, to 43.5 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44. (cdc.gov)
  • Analysis of routine birth data, comparing (a) couple and sole registered births, and (b) manual and non-manual occupational groups. (bmj.com)
  • An estimated 6.5% (2979 births) of low birth weight in 2000 could have been avoided if risks associated with the manual group were absent, and 2.8% (1290 births) avoided if risks associated with sole registration were absent. (bmj.com)
  • When multiple births are excluded, the rate of low birth weight is reduced but there is still a significant increase over time and social differentials are undiminished. (bmj.com)
  • Given that premature births cost the U.S. healthcare system an estimated $25 billion per year, even modest reductions in preterm birth risk could yield "enormous societal benefits," said Burke, an associate professor of Earth system science at Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford Earth). (sciencedaily.com)
  • Typical clinical findings are hypoperistalsis, and pseudo-obstruction. (wikipedia.org)
  • Researchers from the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences assessed the association of maternal lifestyle and environmental factors, fetal epigenetics, and fetal genetics on birth weight and adiposity in early childhood. (news-medical.net)
  • The major clinical findings of holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency include severe ketoacidosis, exfoliative dermatitis, and hypoglycemia . (medscape.com)
  • Tammachote R, Janklat S, Tongkobpetch S, Suphapeetiporn K, Shotelersuk V. Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency: novel clinical and molecular findings. (medscape.com)
  • In 1999, the prevalence of unintended pregnancy resulting in a live birth ranged from 33.7% to 52% across the 17 states. (cdc.gov)
  • Change in prevalence of chronic conditions between childhood and adolescence among extremely low-birth-weight children. (nih.gov)
  • Prevalence and correlates of low birth weight in India: findings from national family health survey 5. (bvsalud.org)
  • From 2016 to 2017 she sat as the communications lead for the pregnancy and birth defects task force for CDC's Zika virus response. (cdc.gov)
  • The contribution of low birth weight to infant mortality and childhood morbidity. (nature.com)
  • The costs of newborn intensive care unit stays and services, re-hospitalization and long-term morbidity can add up quickly, and in developing countries where such support services are less common and physical disability is considered a social stigma, low birth weight can be particularly impactful. (utah.edu)
  • In a 'nut shell' published studies show that the earlier the baby is born and the lower their birthweight the greater the likelihood of perinatal and postnatal complications and subsequent morbidity affecting global development (cognitive, motor and social). (bvsalud.org)
  • According to fully adjusted models, a 1 µg/m 3 increase in the concentration of fire-sourced PM 2.5 was significantly associated with a 2.17 g (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.56-3.77) reduction in birthweight, a 2.80% (95% CI 0.97-4.66) increase in LBW risk, and an 11.68% (95% CI 3.59-20.40) increase in VLBW risk. (stencila.io)
  • This result appears confirmative of our previous finding of elevated Ado blood levels in VLBW, negatively correlated with birth weight. (news-medical.net)
  • We analysed data from 8,621 white European liveborn singletons from 2 population-based pregnancy cohorts to assess the associations of maternal quitting, reducing, and continuing smoking during pregnancy with the longitudinal growth of different fetal parameters (weight, head circumference, femur length, and abdominal circumference). (plos.org)
  • Their objective is to evaluate the functional performance of preschool children who are followed up in a care-specialised service in accordance to their gestational age and birthweight. (bvsalud.org)
  • One in every five babies born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy has low birth weight. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr Alice Goisis, a researcher at LSE and one of the authors of the paper, said: "Our findings are good news for babies who are born low birth weight and are likely to reflect improving health care for mothers and babies over the last four decades. (lse.ac.uk)
  • 2) Babies born with a normal birth weight are defined as those born weighing between 2.5-4.5kg/5lbs 5oz -9lbs 9oz, (3) Children's cognitive development was measured using a verbal ability test, which is a good proxy for general cognitive ability scores. (lse.ac.uk)
  • While the decline may simply represent a reversal of previous increases in birth weights, it may also be cause for concern: babies born small not only face short-term complications such as increased likelihood of requiring intensive care after birth and even higher risk of death, they may also be at higher risk for chronic diseases in adulthood. (disabled-world.com)
  • Scientific and technological Advances in Obstetrics and Neonatology have contributed to increase survival rates of babies born early and with low birthweight. (bvsalud.org)
  • BACKGROUND: The fetal origins hypothesis suggests that an adverse prenatal environment, indexed by low birthweight (LBW), may increase the risk of developing later disease. (ox.ac.uk)
  • A primary objective of the study was to determine whether potential risk factors identified for Tourette's in previous studies ― including maternal prenatal smoking and alcohol use, excessive vomiting during pregnancy, complications of delivery, low birth weight, and young gestational age at birth ― could be validated. (medscape.com)
  • The role of prenatal care in preventing low birth weight. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • 2014. A multilevel analysis of prenatal care and birth weight in Kenya. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • The investigators teased out certain factors, including the mothers' age, race or ethnicity, education level, marital status and tobacco use, as well as the amount of weight the women gained during pregnancy and how early in pregnancy they received prenatal care. (disabled-world.com)
  • Methods A 6-year-old boy presented with prenatal growth restriction, macrocephaly at birth, forehead protrusion in infancy and clinodactyly of the fifth finger. (bmj.com)
  • With this progress, however, also comes evidence that ELBW children have higher rates of chronic illness and developmental problems than do normal birth weight (NBW) children who are born at term. (nih.gov)
  • Inclusion in the update does not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor does it imply endorsement of the article's methods or findings. (cdc.gov)
  • The associations of self-reported birth weight with adult lung function (forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV 1 ), forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory flow rate during mid expiration (FEF 25-75 ), all measured using standard procedures, were assessed in a cross sectional study of 2257 British women aged 60-79 years. (bmj.com)
  • We analysed data from 8,621 European liveborn singletons in 2 population-based pregnancy cohorts (the Generation R Study, the Netherlands 2002-2006 [ n = 4,682]) and the Born in Bradford study, United Kingdom 2007-2010 [ n = 3,939]) with fetal ultrasound and birth anthropometric measures, parental smoking during pregnancy, and maternal genetic data. (plos.org)
  • This study examined whether women with anemia before pregnancy would be at higher risk of preterm birth, low birth weight (LBW) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth. (nature.com)
  • Here, we present a sibling-matched case-control study of 227,948 newborns to identify an association between fire-sourced fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and birthweight in 54 LMICs from 2000 to 2014. (stencila.io)
  • A new article, published in the journal BMC Medicine, reports the largest epigenome-wide association study to date that provides evidence that factors contributing to childhood adiposity (level of body fat) begin before birth and are influenced by mother's lifestyle, and fetal genetic and epigenetic factors. (news-medical.net)
  • A prospective study of 6090 children from the prospective Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) showed that less than adequate maternal weight gain during pregnancy and being born first were significantly associated with Tourette syndrome in the offspring by the age of 13 or 14 years. (medscape.com)
  • This is the first study to analyse whether the association between low birth weight and cognitive development has changed over time, in light of advances in neonatology and obstetric practice. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Chaturvedi N. Callaway M. Day C. Sattar N. Fraser A. The association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with central and peripheral blood pressure in adolescence: findings from a cross-sectional study . (bristol.ac.uk)
  • A new study led by the University of Utah adds to the ever-growing list of negative impacts climate change can have on humans-low birth weight. (utah.edu)
  • Considering the findings of the study, a safe pregnancy after UAE is obviously possible resulting to a healthy and normal baby delivery. (springer.com)
  • This new study , which came out in the New England Journal of Medicine , is one of the first to look at how the hormones in non-oral forms of birth control and modern pill formulations affect cancer risk. (popsci.com)
  • According to this recent study, there would be about 13 extra breast cancers each year for every 100,000 patients on birth control, or a difference of 68 versus 55 cases per year. (popsci.com)
  • In this case-control study of 393 twins in Sweden, the twin with a lower birth weight in monozygotic twin pairs, but not dizygotic pairs, had more autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, lower IQ ratings, and higher odds of having a diagnosis of autism and ADHD compared with their co-twin. (cdc.gov)
  • 4, 5 Birth weight has been shown to be inversely associated with cardiovascular disease risk and this association is independent of socioeconomic position, a range of cardiovascular risk factors, and adult body size. (bmj.com)
  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy is an established risk factor for low infant birth weight, but evidence on critical exposure windows and timing of fetal growth restriction is limited. (plos.org)
  • These findings reinforce the importance of smoking cessation advice in preconception and antenatal care and show that smoking reduction can lower the risk of impaired fetal growth in women who struggle to quit. (plos.org)
  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy is an established risk factor for low infant birth weight. (plos.org)
  • Anemia, not high hemoglobin concentration, before pregnancy was associated with an elevated risk of preterm birth, LBW and SGA, and the risk increased with the severity of anemia in Korean women. (nature.com)
  • Hämäläinen H, Hakkarainen K, Heinonen S . Anaemia in the first but not in the second or third trimester is a risk factor for low birth weight. (nature.com)
  • Rapid weight gain in childhood is associated with increased risk of chronic diseases in adults. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • These pre-birth determinants could be used to identify individuals susceptible to obesity and at risk of metabolic disease later in life. (news-medical.net)
  • Inadequate maternal weight gain, cannabis use during pregnancy, and birth order have been identified as 3 new potential risk factors for Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders in children, new research shows. (medscape.com)
  • Dr. Mathews added that although the findings need to be replicated, clinicians should monitor pregnancies for these risk factors if either parent has Tourette syndrome or if there is a family history of the disorder. (medscape.com)
  • Known as antenatal steroids, these drugs are typically given to women in premature labor, or who are at known risk for giving birth prematurely. (nih.gov)
  • There is growing evidence that early development of obesity increases cardiovascular risk later in life, but less is known about whether there are effects of long-term excess body weight on the biological drivers associated with the atherosclerotic pathway, particularly adipokines, inflammatory and endothelial markers. (nature.com)
  • Social inequalities in low birth weight were evident throughout 1993-2000: relative to the non-manual group, there is an increased risk for the manual group (range in RR 1.22-1.35) and sole registrations (RR 1.51-1.67). (bmj.com)
  • The findings underscore the value of reducing the risk of big, extreme wildfires and suggest pregnant people should avoid very smoky air. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The increase in risk is relatively small in the context of all the factors that contribute to the birth of a healthy, full-term baby. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A lot of intimidating headlines have recently declared that taking hormonal birth control raises your risk of breast cancer. (popsci.com)
  • Previous studies on how birth control affects cancer risk focused mainly on the pill. (popsci.com)
  • It takes time to determine whether people who start taking birth control in their 20s see changes in risk later, because you have to follow that population for decades. (popsci.com)
  • Their offspring tend to have higher birth weights and more body fat, and carry an increased risk of obesity later in life. (karger.com)
  • These effects may partly be related to the heightened risk of gestational diabetes, occurring in at least 16% of all pregnancies irrespective of current body weight. (karger.com)
  • These findings suggest that coordination of care in pregnancy can significantly reduce the risk of preterm delivery among Medicaid-enrolled women. (rti.org)
  • Further research evaluating specific components of care coordination services and their effects on preterm birth risk among racial/ethnic and geographic subgroups of Medicaid enrolled mothers could inform efforts to reduce disparities in pregnancy outcome. (rti.org)
  • Vegetables have also been linked to a reduced risk of low birth weight . (healthline.com)
  • The impact of maternal obesity extends beyond birth, being independently associated with an increased risk of child obesity. (springer.com)
  • While the impact of maternal obesity extends beyond birth, being independently associated with an increased risk of early infant and childhood obesity [ 3 ], the extent to which the effect of maternal BMI may be modified by maternal diet and/or lifestyle remains unclear [ 2 ]. (springer.com)
  • Histological findings are absence of the tendinous plexus layer and connective tissue fibers in longitudinal and circular muscle layer. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are social inequalities in low birth weight in England and Wales that have not narrowed over an eight year period, 1993-2000. (bmj.com)
  • Overall 42% of the wom- while for categorical data, the Fisher exact en needed oxytocin for augmentation of test or chi-squared test was used where ap- labour. (who.int)
  • Grace and her team utilized high quality, detailed climate data in conjunction with extensive health data to focus on climate change and its effects on birth weight in the developing world. (utah.edu)
  • This is the first time researchers utilized fine-resolution precipitation and temperature data alongside birth data to analyze how weather impacts birth weight. (utah.edu)
  • Self-reported survey data are linked to selected birth certificate data and weighted for sample design, nonresponse, and noncoverage to create annual PRAMS analysis data sets. (cdc.gov)
  • Future research may identify other factors not included in the current data that might contribute to lower birth weight, such as trends in mothers' diets, physical activity, stress, and exposure to environmental toxins. (disabled-world.com)
  • Seven primary trials where follow-up of participants occurred were identified by a systematic literature search within the International Weight Management in Pregnancy (i-WIP) Collaborative Group collaboration, with six providing individual participant data. (springer.com)
  • A main purpose is to investigate whether low birth weight independent of genetics, lifestyle and glucose tolerance predicts later common T2D cardiometabolic comorbidities. (lu.se)
  • With the inaccuracy of determining exactly when a pregnancy began in rural countries which lack pregnancy tests and the inability to measure characteristics like a newborn's cognitive development, low birth weight is the most reliable measure of whether a pregnancy has been negatively affected by an external factor. (utah.edu)
  • Evidence relating childhood cancer to high birthweight is derived primarily from registry and case-control studies. (nih.gov)
  • Several studies have examined the association between birth weight and lung function with some, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 though not all, 12- 16 finding a positive association. (bmj.com)
  • This document combined the findings from ATSDR's Camp Lejeune studies with findings from studies of other populations exposed occupationally or environmentally to TCE, PCE, vinyl chloride and benzene. (cdc.gov)
  • Across all the studies, and compared to normal weight children, low birth weight children were more likely to have come from more disadvantaged families, from families in which the mother had poor health behaviours during pregnancy and did not breastfeed. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Since 1929 many studies have examined the link between breast feeding and intelligence, most finding higher IQ scores among children who were breast fed. (bmj.com)
  • She called the findings "remarkable," because despite the many differences in how the studies were done, most came to the same general conclusion. (upi.com)
  • Previous studies have shown that birth weights have increased steadily during the past half-century," says Emily Oken, Harvard Medical School assistant professor of population medicine. (disabled-world.com)
  • Although the degree of prematurity and birthweight are indicators to referral to their specialised service there is a lack of studies investigating the impact of those factors on long-term functional abilities. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1 consistently refer to Rugolo's 2 literature review with studies that corroborate their findings. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the third trimester, maternal hemoglobin concentration was associated with birth weight in an inverted U-shaped curve and with the risks of LBW and SGA in extended U-shaped curves. (lstmed.ac.uk)
  • Steer P, Alam MA, Wadsworth J, Welch A . Relation between maternal haemoglobin concentration and birth weight in different ethnic groups. (nature.com)
  • In older children, cancers other than leukaemia are particularly related to high birthweight. (nih.gov)
  • We selected mothers from the geocoded Demographic and Health Survey with at least two children and valid birthweight records. (stencila.io)
  • 2500 g) and normal birthweight children using multivariate analysis with adjustment for potential birth and life events confounding factors. (ox.ac.uk)
  • We're not saying mothers with inadequate weight gain will have children with Tourette syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • The gap between the cognitive abilities of children born with a low birth weight and those born with a normal weight has decreased by 50 per cent over the last 40 years or more, according to new research from LSE and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. (lse.ac.uk)
  • The paper, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that while low birth weight children(1) continue to have worse cognitive scores than children born with a normal weight(2) when tested at ages 10 or 11(3), the disparities have declined dramatically. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Low birth-weight children were more likely to have been a first born and a girl. (lse.ac.uk)
  • The period from birth to age two is especially important for optimal physical, mental, and cognitive growth, health, and development. (hindawi.com)
  • These findings suggest that manganese may affect fetal growth. (cdc.gov)
  • High and low hemoglobin levels during pregnancy: differential risks for preterm birth and small for gestational age. (nature.com)
  • He and his colleagues reported the findings online June 18 in JAMA Network Open. (upi.com)
  • Instead, Oken and her colleagues found that birth weights had decreased by an average of 52 grams (1.83 ounces) between 1990 and 2005. (disabled-world.com)
  • Low birth weight is defined by the World Health Organization as any baby born under 2,500 grams. (utah.edu)
  • Many die soon after birth, despite the best attempts to save them, including the most sophisticated newborn intensive care available. (nih.gov)
  • The new findings show that a pregnant woman's exposure to reduced precipitation and an increased number of very hot days indeed results in lower birth weight. (utah.edu)
  • The unadjusted preterm birth rate was lower among women who received MCC services (7.0 % compared to 8.3 % among controls). (rti.org)
  • However, against a backdrop where we know so little about why some women deliver too soon, prematurely, and why others do not, finding clues like the one here helps us start piecing the bigger puzzle together," said co-author Gary Shaw, DrPH, a professor of pediatrics and co-primary investigator of Stanford's March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In general, low-income women and women of color have the highest rates of preterm birth and low birth weight in the United States. (upi.com)
  • Given that about a quarter of all women in the U.S. use some kind of hormonal birth control, this sounds like a huge public health issue. (popsci.com)
  • The findings demonstrated that although women provided with a dietary intervention improved their dietary quality, there was evidence of only a modest reduction in GWG (0.7 kg). (springer.com)
  • B. Examination by physician A physician performed and recorded the results of a medical examination giving special attention to specified findings related to nutrition, to hearing, to the thyroid gland,and to the cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal systems. (cdc.gov)