Maternal Predictors of Newborn Somatometrics
Joint Authors
Bhasin, Prerna
Dhall, Meenal
Verma, Deepali
Kapoor, Satwanti
Tungdim, Mary Grace
Gupta, Shilpi
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-04-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The objective of the study was to ascertain the influence of various maternal factors like age, BMI, anthropometry, parity, and so forth on body dimensions of newborn and to discover determinants of neonatal subcutaneous fat distribution pattern.
94 Khatri and Arora new borns along with their biological mothers hailing from upper/middle socioeconomic status families were selected against several criteria: only liveborn, healthy full term babies (37–41 gestational weeks), singletons, born through vaginal delivery and for whom all data were available, for the study.
Numerous biometric variables were chosen for this study: weight, stature (for mothers), birth length (for neonates), circumferences (head, chest, abdomen, hip, upper arm, and wrist), and skinfolds at different sites (biceps, triceps, subscapular, suprailiac, chest, thigh anterior, and calf posterior) along with newborn’s birth weight.
All LBW infants were found to be significantly associated with maternal nutritional status and age, when controlled for other factors.
Chances of having an LBW infant varies with mother’s nutritional status as determined by BMI and MUAC.
Fat profiling has genetic implications because fat tracking patterns have shown that, irrespective of maternal nutritional status and age, most neonate skinfolds are guided by mother’s skinfold thicknesses.
We conclude that early teenage pregnancies should be discouraged so as to reduce the incidence of LBW and larger ethnic-specific studies should be taken to find determinants of subcutaneous fat pattern in neonates.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kapoor, Satwanti& Bhasin, Prerna& Dhall, Meenal& Verma, Deepali& Gupta, Shilpi& Tungdim, Mary Grace. 2012. Maternal Predictors of Newborn Somatometrics. Journal of Anthropology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kapoor, Satwanti…[et al.]. Maternal Predictors of Newborn Somatometrics. Journal of Anthropology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kapoor, Satwanti& Bhasin, Prerna& Dhall, Meenal& Verma, Deepali& Gupta, Shilpi& Tungdim, Mary Grace. Maternal Predictors of Newborn Somatometrics. Journal of Anthropology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487328