Open AccessThe social gradient in birthweight at term: quantification of the mediating role of maternal smoking and body mass index
Author(s) -
Laust Hvas Mortensen,
Finn Diderichsen,
George Davey Smith,
AnneMarie Nybo Andersen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dep211
Subject(s) - offspring , body mass index , medicine , demography , danish , obesity , cohort , pregnancy , pediatrics , mass index , cohort study , birth weight , obstetrics , endocrinology , biology , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , sociology
Maternal education is associated with the birthweight of offspring. We sought to quantify the role of maternal body mass index (BMI) and smoking as intermediary variables between maternal education and birthweight at term.
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