Frequencies of discordance level and type were analyzed by gestational age, parity, and total triplet birth weight.
Frequencies of greater than 25% discordant sets demonstrated polynomial relationship to gestational age (R 2 = 0.94, P <.001) total triplet birth weight deciles (R 2 = 0.97, P <.001).
The mean individual (heaviest, middle, and lightest) and total triplet birth weights were correlated with gestational age in nulliparous and multiparous patients.
Results: The mean total triplet birth weights significantly correlated with gestational age for both nulliparous women and multiparous women, but the respective regression lines were significantly different (P =.0018).
We examined the number and proportion of total births, low birth weight births, and premature births in all regions and the three cities involved in the specialization (Izumisano, Kaizuka, and Kumatori cities) by maternity facility among pregnant women in the Sennan area during the pre-specialization period, the first year after specialization, and the second year after specialization.
Tables 1 and 2 present the number and proportions of total births, low birth weight and premature births registered in all regions and the three communities (Izumisano city, Kaizuka city and Kumatori city) before the specialization as well as the first and the second year after the specialization, respectively.
Investigations of the association between maternal total Hcy and birth weight have yielded diverging results.
The area is characterized by poor health indices, including high age-, race-, sex-adjusted total mortality, low birth weight, and high infant and fetal mortality.
In a study of 3,562 captive macaques that minimized environmental heterogeneity, Ha et al. [ 10] estimated a total heritability for birth weight of 51%, with an additive genetic component of 23%.
This finding was similar to that observed in other trials comparing iron-folic acid and multiple micronutrients, but the total increase in birth weight in our multiple micronutrients group compared with iron-folic acid group was less than that reported in other studies.
