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Birthweight and paternal height
Author(s) -
PRITCHARD COLIN W.,
SUTHERLAND HAMISH W.,
CARRHILL ROY A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb08901.x
Subject(s) - demography , sociology
Summary. The distributions of standardized birthweights of babies born to women of given heights married to short and tall husbands were compared. The standardized birthweights were consistently greater for babies born to women with tall husbands. It is concluded that tall parental stature relates to favourable environmental and genetic components among those influencing birthweight.