Females born large for gestational age have a doubled risk of giving birth to large for gestational age infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-362

  Ahlsson, F ^a   Gustafsson, J ^a   Tuvemo, T ^a   Lundgren, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Females born LGA; Intergenerational study; LGA; Newborn infants

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33947304022     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2006.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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