Title
Trends in birth weight and the prevalence of low birth weight and small-for-gestational-age in Surinamese South Asian babies since 1974: cross-sectional study of three birth cohorts
Author
de Wilde, J.A.
van Buuren, S.
Middelkoop, B.J.C.
Publication year
2013
Abstract
Background South Asian babies born in developed countries are generally lighter than babies from other ethnic groups born in the same country. While the mean birth weight of Caucasian babies in the Netherlands has increased the past decades, it is unknown if the mean birth weight of South Asian babies born in the Netherlands has increased or if the prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) or small-for-gestational-age (SGA) has decreased. The aims of this study are: 1. to investigate secular changes in mean birth weight and the prevalence of LBW and SGA in Surinamese South Asian babies, and 2. to assess differences between Surinamese South Asian and Dutch Caucasian neonates born 2006–2009. Methods A population based study for which neonatal characteristics of 2014 Surinamese South Asian babies, born between 1974 and 2009 in the Netherlands, and 3104 Dutch Caucasian babies born 2006–2009 were obtained from well-baby clinic records. LBW was defined as a birth weight
Subject
Birth weight
Infant, low birth weight
Infant, small for gestational age
India
The Netherlands
Healthy for Life
Healthy Living
Human
CH - Child Health
BSS - Behavioural and Societal Sciences
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-931
TNO identifier
844062
Source
BMC Public Health, 13 (13)
Document type
article