Does emigration by itself improve birth weight? Study in European newborns of Indo-Pakistan origin

Autor: José Morales-Roselló, Silvia Buongiorno, Gabriela Loscalzo, Elisa Scarinci, Tiran Dias, Paolo Rosati, Antonio Lanzone, Alfredo Perales Marín
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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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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