Prevalence of Small-for-Gestational-Age and Its Mortality Risk Varies by Choice of Birth-Weight-for-Gestation Reference Population

We use data from rural Nepal and South India to compare the prevalence of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and neonatal mortality risk associated with SGA using different birth-weight-for-gestation reference populations. We identified 46 reference populations in low-, middle-, and high-income countri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one Jg. 9; H. 3; S. e92074
Hauptverfasser:	Katz, Joanne, Wu, Lauren A., Mullany, Luke C., Coles, Christian L., Lee, Anne C. C., Kozuki, Naoko, Tielsch, James M.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States Public Library of Science 18.03.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Schlagworte:	Age Biology and Life Sciences Birth Birth Weight Childbirth & labor Childrens health Female Females Gestation Gestational Age Health aspects Health risks Humans Income India - epidemiology Infant Infant mortality Infant Mortality - ethnology Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Infant, Small for Gestational Age Infants Intensive farming Low income areas Low income groups Male Males Medicine and Health Sciences Mortality Mortality risk Neonates Nepal - epidemiology Newborn babies Newborn infants Physical Sciences Population Population studies Populations Pregnancy Prenatal development Prevalence Public health Reference Values Research and Analysis Methods Risk Rural Population Sex Factors Small for gestational age Womens health Nepal India United States > US Maryland Baltimore Maryland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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