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the birthweight
noun
The amount that a baby weighs at the time of birth
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The effect did not depend on the social classes or IQs of the parents, nor on the birthweight of the child in question (low birthweight has been linked to lower IQ).
The birthweight of children born vaginally was compared with those born by cesarean section.
Objective(s): To investigate whether the mode of delivery effects the birthweight.
Results: The birthweight of children born vaginally was lower than that of those born by cesarean section.
The objective of the study was to investigate the association between pregnancy complications and small for gestational age (SGA) birthweight, comparing SGA based on the customized growth potential with SGA based on the birthweight standard of the same population.
The objective of the study was to examine the birthweight at which risks of perinatal death, neonatal morbidity, and cesarean delivery begin to rise and the causes and timing (antenatal, early or late neonatal, or postneonatal) of these risks.
We also created a binary indicator of low birthweight based on whether the birthweight was less than 2500 grams or not.
We assessed the ability of the birthweight data to predict the child's growth failure as measured by underweight, severe underweight, stunting, severe stunting, wasting and severe wasting.
In 1979 the birthweight was coded in 10-gram intervals, but there was a distinct preference for 100- and 50-gram values (figure 1).
In this study, we investigate the extent and characteristics of the sub-population to which the birthweight data from NFHS-3 can be generalized.
Since the birthweight data were obtained from two sources in the NFHS-3 (maternal recall and health cards), we sought to determine what populations the data from the two groups represent.
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