A case–control study to examine the association between breastfeeding during late pregnancy and risk of a small‐for‐gestational‐age birth in  L ima,  P eru | Zendy

Pareja Rossina G. | Zendy; Marquis Grace S. | Zendy; Penny Mary E. | Zendy; Dixon Philip M. | Zendy

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A case–control study to examine the association between breastfeeding during late pregnancy and risk of a small‐for‐gestational‐age birth in L ima, P eru

Author(s) -

Pareja Rossina G.,

Marquis Grace S.,

Penny Mary E.,

Dixon Philip M.

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

maternal and child nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1740-8709

pISSN - 1740-8695

DOI - 10.1111/mcn.12000

Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , small for gestational age , odds ratio , percentile , pregnancy , obstetrics , confidence interval , gestational age , birth weight , logistic regression , risk factor , pediatrics , statistics , mathematics , biology , genetics

Excessive demands on maternal nutritional status may be a risk factor for poor birth outcomes. This study examined the association between breastfeeding during late pregnancy (≥28 weeks) and the risk of having a small‐for‐gestational‐age ( SGA ) newborn, using a matched case–control design (78 SGA cases: birthweight <10th percentile for gestational age; 150 non‐ SGA controls: 50th percentile

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