Variation in early neonatal mortality for different types of fetal growth retardation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8320952
AutoresJere D Haas (0000-0002-4624-8488, Cornell University), Hector Balcazar (University of Maine), Laura E Caulfield (0000-0001-7152-1004, Cornell University), Laura Caulfield (0000-0001-9450-9374)
Ano1987
Volume73
Fascículo4
Páginas467-473
Data de publicação1987-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330730409
PMID3661684
OpenAlexW1990329674
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas13

Birth and first‐48‐hr death records were analyzed for 10,024 liveborn infants in Mexico City and 12,786 liveborn infants in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The objective of the analysis was to characterize the early postnatal mortality rates for different types of fetal growth retardation and prematurity. Infants who were delivered prior to 37 weeks of gestation had 23–100 times the mortality risk of infants born at full term and normal weight. Light‐for‐gestational‐age infants (birth weight 3 ) and disproportionately growth‐retarded with low Rohrer's index. The proportionately growth‐retarded infant had nearly twice the mortality of the full‐term, appropriate‐weight infants, whereas the disporportionately growth‐retarded infants had 2.9–5.7 times the mortality rate of the full‐term, appropriate‐weight infants. There were some differences between samples in mortality rates and prevalence of the different classes of small infants, but the pattern of mortality within samples was consistent between samples

Biology · Fetal growth · Fetus · Growth retardation · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Variation (astronomy) · Birth, Development, and Health · Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery · Genetics · Medicine · Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies