Birth Weight and Body Composition of Neonates Born to Caucasian Compared With African-American Mothers  

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Singh, Katherine A ; Huston-Presley, Larraine P ; Mencin, Patricia ; Thomas, Alicia ; Amini, Saeid Baradaran ; Catalano, Patrick M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Obstetrics and Gynecology vol. 115 no. 05 (May 2010), page 998-1002.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: O01.K.2010.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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OBJECTIVE: To estimate whether neonates of African-American women have lower birth weights because of either decreased lean body mass or fat mass. METHODS: A secondary analysis of a cohort of 104 African-American and 274 Caucasian term, singleton, healthy pregnancies. Women with existing or gestational diabetes were excluded. Neonatal body composition was estimated using anthropometric measurements. RESULTS: There were significant differences in maternal age (29.5 compared with 25.8, P<.001), prepregnancy body mass index (26.2 compared with 30.9 kg/m2, P<.001), and weight gain during pregnancy (15.2 compared with 13.4 kg, P=.03) in Caucasian compared with African-American women, respectively. After adjusting for these factors, African-American women's neonates had significantly lower birth weights (3.20 compared with 3.36 kg, P=.003), less lean body mass (2.80 compared with 2.94 kg, P=.002), but no difference in fat mass (392 compared with 417 g, P=.078). CONCLUSION: Decreased birth weight in African-American neonates is due to lower lean body mass and not a difference in adiposity.

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