Maternal and newborn nutrition studies at Philadelphia Lying-In Hospital; newborn studies. VI. Infant size at birth and parity, length of gestation, maternal age, height, and weight status
Kasius, R.V.; Randall, A.; Tompkins, W.T.; Wiehl, D.G.
Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly 36(4): 335-362
1958
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-3745 PMID: 13589725 DOI: 10.2307/3348476Document Number: 576169
For part 5 see Abst. 2567, Vol. 28. 6. Weight, chest circumference, crown-sole length, crown-rump length, rump-sole length, hip breadth and head circumference were measured in 1078 white and 388 negro infants and related to maternal age, height, " pregravid weight status" and length of gestation. The findings are presented in detail. Maternal height was positively associated with all measurements and there was a general increase of size with increasing length of gestation. The babies of mothers " underweight " before pregnancy were, on the average, somewhat smaller than those of " overweight " mothers. Other associations were irregular. Even where the correlation was statistically significant, the correlation coefficient was small.