Sentence examples for birthweight 1 from inspiring English sources

Of the 5 children, 3 were infants of low birthweight, 1 neonate had late onset sepsis, and one 10-year-old child had acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Some studies have focussed on neighbourhood segregation and gestational age [ 15- 19] or birthweight [ 15, 16, 19- 21], but the evidence is conflicting.

Research has focussed on neighbourhood economic deprivation in relation to gestational age [ 1- 8] and birthweight [ 5, 7, 9- 14].

Such behaviors could be related to exercise and diet as both pre-pregnant body mass index and maternal weight change has an impact on offspring birthweight [22, 23].

Women with gestational age less than 24 weeks and birthweight <500 g were excluded from the study.

The association between small-for-gestational-age (birthweight <10th percentile for gestational age) and neonatal morbidity is well established.

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether birth of a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) baby (birthweight, <10th percentile) is preceded by altered maternal serum cytokine profiles at early pregnancy, compared with control babies (birthweight, 30-80th percentile).

We thus investigated the relationship between birthweight <10th centile and serious neonatal outcomes in low-risk women at term.

Objectives: To identify demographic risk factors for either birthweight >4 kg or over the 90th centile and to quantify the obstetric risks.

Small for gestational age, defined as birthweight <10th percentile for gestational age, is known to be associated with clinically meaningful impairments in health and development.

The diplegic and especially quadriplegic types of cerebral palsy have experienced an increase of between 50 and 150%, and this is mainly due to the current improvement in postnatal resuscitation methods which have produced a 30% increase in the survival rate of preterm babies with low birthweight [2, 4, 5].