[Changes in the somatic classification according to birth weight and duration of pregnancy of newborn girls when maternal height is considered]

M Voigt; D Olbertz; K T M Schneider; U Wittwer-Backofen; V Hesse; N Rochow

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1331723

[Changes in the somatic classification according to birth weight and duration of pregnancy of newborn girls when maternal height is considered]

Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 2013 Jun;217(3):107-9. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1331723. Epub 2013 Jun 28.

[Article in German]

Authors

M Voigt¹, D Olbertz, K T M Schneider, U Wittwer-Backofen, V Hesse, N Rochow

Affiliation

¹ Deutsches Zentrum für Wachstum, Entwicklung und Gesundheitsförderung im Kindes-und Jugendalter, Berlin. voim13@t-online.de

PMID: 23812921
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1331723

Abstract

This study examines the quantitative changes in the somatic classification according to birth weight and duration of pregnancy of German neonates when maternal height is considered (5 maternal height groups). Our calculations were performed using data of 319 884 girls born in 2010. Overall, about 6% (18 792 girls) are classified differently (more appropriately) when group-specific norm values were used.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Anthropometry / methods*
Birth Weight / physiology*
Body Height / physiology*
Female
Fetal Development / physiology*
Germany / epidemiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical*
Mothers / statistics & numerical data*
Pregnancy / physiology*
Young Adult