BACKGROUND Small for gestational age (SGA) infants are at increased risk of short- and long-term adverse outcomes. METHODS Population-based case-control study using data derived from the Finnish Medical Birth Register for the years 1987-2010 (total population of singleton live births n = 1,390,165). The aim was to quantify the importance of risk factors for SGA and describe their contribution...

Steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGA) are sterol-derived neurotoxic defence substances present in several members of the Solanaceae. In the potato (Solanum tuberosum), high SGA levels may render tubers harmful for consumption. Tuber SGA levels depend on genetic factors, and can increase as a response to certain stresses and environmental conditions. To identify genes underlying the cultivar variation ...

OBJECTIVE To combine a specific algorithm for small for gestational age (SGA) without preeclampsia (PE) and another algorithm for PE in the prediction of SGA and PE. METHODS This was a screening study of singleton pregnancies at 11-13 weeks including 1,426 (2.3%) that subsequently developed PE, 3,168 (5.1%) that delivered SGA neonates and 57,458 that were unaffected by PE and SGA. We develope...

OBJECTIVE Our study seeks to elucidate risk factors for and mortality consequences of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and preterm birth in rural Nepal. In contrast with previous literature, we distinguish the epidemiology of SGA and preterm birth from each other. METHODS We analyzed data from a maternal micronutrient supplementation trial in rural Nepal (n = 4130). We estimated adjusted risk ...

Although subjective global assessment (SGA) is a widely used tool for nutritional investigation, the scores are dependent on the inspectors' subjective opinions, and there are only few studies that directly assessed the usefulness of SGA and modified SGA in incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. A total of 365 incident PD patients between 2009 and 2015 were enrolled and measured with SGA a...

OBJECTIVE Small for gestational age (SGA) children are at risk of both later obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, it is unknown whether obesity or SGA status leads to MetS in these subjects. We hypothesized that overweight children with former SGA status had more present components of the MetS than overweight children with former appropriate for gestational age (AGA) status. METHOD...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is used internationally as the reference method for proactive risk assessment (screening), assessment, monitoring and triaging for interventions in patients with cancer. This review aims to explain the rationale behind and data supporting the PG-SGA, and to provide an overview of recent developments in the util...

BACKGROUND The major aim of this study was to investigate whether maternal risk factors associated with socioeconomic status and small for gestational age (SGA) might be viable targets of interventions to reduce differential risk of SGA by socioeconomic status (socioeconomic SGA inequality) in the metropolitan area of Vancouver, Canada. METHODS This study included 59,039 live, singleton birth...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between thyroid hormone levels and clinical outcomes in preterm, small for gestational age (SGA) infants.
 Materials Methods: premature newborns (gestational ≤30 weeks) were divided into two groups as SGA non-SGA. Thyroid stimulating (TSH) free thyroxine (fT4) levels, frequency congenital hypothyroidism (CH), demographic chara...