Japanese secular trends in birthweight and the prevalence of low birthweight infants during the last three decades: A population-based study
| Autor: | Yo Takemoto, Daisuke Yoneoka, Satoru Takeda, Erika Ota, Rintaro Mori |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Birth weight Population Birth certificate Article 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Japan Pregnancy Risk Factors Epidemiology medicine Odds Ratio Prevalence Birth Weight Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education education.field_of_study 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Multidisciplinary business.industry Pregnancy Outcome Odds ratio Infant Low Birth Weight medicine.disease Low birth weight Social Class Premature Birth Regression Analysis Female medicine.symptom business Weight gain Infant Premature Demography Maternal Age |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/srep31396 |
| Popis: | Since low birthweight has been correlated with both neonatal and long-term health, we performed this epidemiological study to evaluate the Japanese secular trends in mean birthweight and the prevalence of preterm/term low birthweight infants during the last three decades. We used population-based birth certificate data from January 1979 to December 2010. Time trends were analysed using a linear regression model. During the study period, we observed a significant decrease in the mean birthweight for singleton live births (3,152 ± 436 g in 1979 and 3,018 ± 421 g in 2010 p |
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