Novel sex-specific influence of parental factors on small-for-gestational-age newborns.
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SUBMITTER: Tian MY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7644766 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Novel sex-specific influence of parental factors on small-for-gestational-age newborns.
Tian Meng Yuan MY Wen Shi Wu SW Retnakaran Ravi R Wang Hao Ren HR Ma Shu Juan SJ Chen Meng Shi MS Wang Xiao Lei XL Lin Hui Jun HJ Tan Hong Zhuan HZ
Scientific reports 20201105 1
Since fetal programming is sex-specific, there may also be sex-specific in parental influences on newborn birth weight. We aimed to investigate the influence of parental factors on small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants of different sexes. Based on a pre-pregnancy cohort, multivariate logistic regression was used. 2275 couples were included for analysis. Significant associations were observed among paternal height, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), and SGA in male infants; among maternal hei ...[more]
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