Autor: |
José Morales-Roselló, Silvia Buongiorno, Gabriela Loscalzo, Elisa Scarinci, Tiran Dias, Paolo Rosati, Antonio Lanzone, Alfredo Perales Marín |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2023 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Journal of Migration and Health, Vol 7, Iss , Pp 100165- (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2666-6235 |
DOI: |
10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100165 |
Popis: |
Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the effect of emigration on fetal birth weight (BW) in a group of pregnant women coming from the Indian subcontinent. Methods: This was a retrospective study in a mixed population of pregnant women from the Indian subcontinent that either moved to Europe or stayed in their original countries. The influence of emigration along with several pregnancy characteristics: GA at delivery, fetal gender, maternal age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and parity on BW was evaluated by means of multivariable linear regression analysis. Results: According to European standards, babies born to Indo-Pakistan emigrants and babies born to women staying in the Indian subcontinent were similarly small (BW centile 30± 29 and 30.1 ± 28, p |
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