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THE INFLUENCE OF MATERNAL ETHNIC ORIGIN AND PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS ON BIRTH WEIGHT
Author(s) -
FITZGERALD D.,
KITCHEN W. H.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1968.tb01737.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , birth weight , gestation , obstetrics , ethnic group , demography , population , immigration , pediatrics , environmental health , archaeology , genetics , sociology , anthropology , biology , history
SYNOPSIS The Australian population now includes many recent immigrants from the Mediterranean region who are noticeably short in stature. The influence on birth weight of maternal racial origin and a number of associations and complications of pregnancy is analysed statistically. Infants born to recent arrivals from Greece and Italy are heavier than average if born between 30 and 40 weeks of gestation, but beyond this maturity they are smaller than average. The effects of complications of pregnancy on the birth weight are in agreement with accepted opinions.