Independent effect of maternal birth weight on infant birth weight

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 1996

Autores

Tavares, M (Autor) Outra; Rodrigues, T (Autor) FMUP; Cardoso, F (Autor) Outra; Barros H (Autor) FMUP; Leite, LP (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Vol. 24

Páginas: 391-396

ISSN: 0300-5577

Editora: Walter De Gruyter

Indexação

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Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-001-FD3

DOI: 10.1515/jpme.1996.24.4.391

Abstract (EN): The relationship between the birth weights of the mother and her infant was evaluated in a sample of 106 women consecutively delivered of a single live birth. Women were included in the study if their birth weight was available in hospital files or from another reliable source. Women that were themselves a twin or had diseases complicated the course of the pregnancy were excluded. A positive significant correlation was found between mother and infant birth weights (r = 0.29, p = 0.003). This correlation remained significant (partial r = 0.22, p = 0.039) after adjusting for other covariables such as the mother's age, height, education, whether the pregnancy was planned, number of cigarettes smoked daily during pregnancy, month of first antenatal visit and number of visits, weight at end-pregnancy, gestational age and sex of the newborn. In the multiple linear regression model, mother's birth weight explained 3% of the variation observed in infant birthweight. A weaker crude correlation was also found between mothers' birth weight and gestational age (r = 0.19, p = 0.06). This study shows that maternal birth weight is an independent predictor of infant birth weight, and confirms previous findings suggesting that this maternal factor has a stronger effect on the birth weight than on the gestational age of the newborn.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 6