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RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS - SIX YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
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Objective: Research evidence shows that low birth weight, early gestational age and the length of oxygen therapy are the major risk factors for ROP. The purpose of this study was to analyse ROP risk factors and ROP frequency in VLBW infants.
Methods: A retrospective analysis study of 563 VLBW (700-1500 g) infants born between 1999-2005 at the N.I.C.U. at Arch. Makarios III hospital was performed. A data base was constructed of all valid data extracted from the medical records. Chronic ...
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Cardiovascular disease risk factors are related to adult adiposity but not birth weight in young Guatemalan adults
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Low birth weight and cocaine use.
American Family Physician
; Cocaine use during pregnancy has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of abruptio placenta, intrauterine growth retardation and preterm delivery. In a case-control study, Petitti and Coleman evaluated the relative risk of low birth weight in association with cocaine use during
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Risk factors for intrapair birth weight discordance in twins
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
; Objectives: To determine the risk factors for birth weight discordance in twins. Methods: We used the United States (1995-97) Matched Multiple Birth File (n = 294 568) to assess the association between birth weight discordance and maternal sociodemographic, pregnancy and infant characteristics.
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A step in another direction: Looking for maternal genetic and environmental effects on racial differences in birth weight
Demography
; A STEP IN ANOTHER DIRECTION: LOOKING FOR MATERNAL GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN BIRTH WEIGHT To advance research on birth weight differences between black and white infants, it may be useful to study maternal effects. These effects present a set of risk factors that are
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Low birth weight, social factors, and developmental outcomes among children in the United States
Demography
; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, SOCIAL FACTORS, AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES AMONG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES* We used six waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child Data (1986-1996) to assess the relative impact of adverse birth outcomes vis-a-vis social risk factors on children's developmental
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Differential effect of Ecologic Risk Factors on the Low Birthweight Components of African-American, Mexican-American, and Non-Latino White Infants in Chicago
Journal of the National Medical Association
; This study explored the relationship between ecologic risk factors and infant birthweight. A stratified analysis was performed on all African-American, Mexican-American, and white infants born in Chicago in 1990. One half of African-American mothers (n=26,799) resided in communities with multiple
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Very-low-birth-weight children at school age: Academic achievement, behavior and self-esteem and relation to risk factors
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
; Objective: To investigate school performance, behavior and self-esteem of children with very low birth weight (VLBW). Methods: all children with birth weight below 1501 g (VLBW) and normal birth weight controls, born in the south-east region of Sweden during a 15-month period in 1987-88, were
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Risk factors for intrauterine growth restriction in a socio-economically disadvantaged region
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
; Abstract Background. Risk factors for pregnancies being complicated by the birth of a small-for-gestational age (SGA) infant were analysed in a socio-economically disadvantaged area, with separate analysis for population-based and customized-based birth weight percentiles. Methods. A retrospective
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Treatment Effects of Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Vary by Percentiles of the Birth Weight Distribution in Rural Nepal1,2
The Journal of Nutrition
; ABSTRACT Certain antenatal micronutrient supplements increased birth weight by 40-70 g in rural Nepal. The effect was estimated by calculating the mean difference in birth weight between control and treatment groups, which assumes a constant treatment effect across the birth weight distribution. By
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Nutritional status and risk factors of chronic malnutrition in children under five years of age in Aydin, a western city of Turkey
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; SUMMARY: Ergin F, Okyay P, Atasoylu G, Beser E. Nutritional status and risk factors of chronic malnutrition in children under five years of age in Aydin, a western city of Turkey. Turk J Pediatr 2007; 49: 283-289. We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of chronic malnutrition in
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