Influence of maternal factors and sex of newborn on birthweight.
نویسنده
چکیده
This paper explores the effective use of six characteristics of the mother and one characteristic of the baby in predicting the birth weight of the baby using stepwise multiple regression. Three variables, Le. the weight of the mother, the sex of the baby and the number of antenatal visits the mother made to the clinic, significantly predicted the birthweight of the baby. It is possible that other more important variables not considered in this model might better predict the birthweight of the babies, since only 14.2% of the variance in the dependent variable was explained by the three variables, leaving 85.8% of the variance unexplained.
منابع مشابه
Maternal Factors Associated with Fetal Growth and Birthweight Are Independent Determinants of Placental Weight and Exhibit Differential Effects by Fetal Sex
INTRODUCTION Maternal nutritional and metabolic factors influence the developmental environment of the fetus. Virtually any nutritional factor in the maternal blood has to pass the placental membranes to reach the fetal blood. Placental weight is a commonly used measure to summarize placental growth and function. Placental weight is an independent determinant of fetal growth and birthweight and...
متن کاملRisk factors for the development of respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachypnoea in newborn infants
Risk factors for the development of respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachypnoea in newborn infants. C. Dani, M.F. Reali, G. Bertini, L. Wiechmann, A. Spagnolo, M. Tangucci, F.F. Rubaltelli, and the Italian Group of Neonatal Pneumology. #ERS Journals Ltd 1999. ABSTRACT: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and transient tachypnoea (TT) are the most frequent acute respiratory diseases i...
متن کاملMaternal factors affecting birthweight of uncomplicated pregnancy.
Two hundred full-term pregnant mothers with no complication of pregnancy and no associated disease selected from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre were studied for their nutritional status and other characteristics. The effect of these factors on birthweight of their new-born was determined. Total calorie intake per capita per day was low being 1913. The mean birthweight was 2.9kg, 26% weighed...
متن کاملP-43: The Association of Birth Weight with Maternal Age, Parity, Sex Neonatal
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...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Malaysia
دوره 43 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988