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The relationship between maternal height and weight at booking and perinatal mortality.
S Afr Med J. 1977 May 07; 51(19):672-5.SA

Abstract

In this study, more of the Coloured women weighed less than 45 kg and more of them were significantly shorter than Black and White women. The short (less than 149 cm) Coloureds had a high perinatal mortality, as did the thin Coloureds (less than 45 kg). The short, thin Coloured women had the highest perinatal mortality, and fetal loss in this group was associated with preterm delivery, stillbirths before labour and fetoplacental inadequacy. Maternal height is an indicator of nutrition in childhood and maternal weight an indicator of more recent nutrition. Weight gain in pregnancy is particularly important in short, thin individuals.

Authors

Knutzen VK
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Davey DA
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MeSH

African AmericansBlacksBody HeightBody WeightEthnicityFemaleFetal DeathHumansInfant MortalityPregnancySouth Africa

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

867195

Citation

Knutzen, V K., and D A. Davey. "The Relationship Between Maternal Height and Weight at Booking and Perinatal Mortality." South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde, vol. 51, no. 19, 1977, pp. 672-5.
Knutzen VK, Davey DA. The relationship between maternal height and weight at booking and perinatal mortality. S Afr Med J. 1977;51(19):672-5.
Knutzen, V. K., & Davey, D. A. (1977). The relationship between maternal height and weight at booking and perinatal mortality. South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde, 51(19), 672-5.
Knutzen VK, Davey DA. The Relationship Between Maternal Height and Weight at Booking and Perinatal Mortality. S Afr Med J. 1977 May 7;51(19):672-5. PubMed PMID: 867195.
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