Birth weight related to mental ability

From: Community Practitioner | Date: March 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Birth weight is significantly associated with cognitive ability at age eight years, a study has found. The association was evident across the normal birthweight range (>25 kg) in the normal population, even after factors such as sex, father's social class and mother's education and age were taken into account.

Small size at birth is associated with a range of adverse health outcomes, including poor cognitive function, an effect that is largely unconfounded by factors such as socio-economic status and birth order. To examine the association between birth weight and cognitive function in ...

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