Influence of Diabetes during Pregnancy on Gestational Age-specific Newborn Weight among US Black and US White Infants

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1053-1061

  Kieffer, Edith C ^a   Alexander, Greg R ^b   Kogan, Michael D ^c   Himes, John H ^d   Herman, William H ^e   Mor, Joanne M ^f   Hayashi, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blacks; Diabetes mellitus; Fetal macrosomia; Gestational age; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Whites

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFANT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032102989     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009399     Document Type: Article

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