BIRTH WEIGHT, FETAL AGE AND PERINATAL MORTALITY1

1 September 1972

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology

Vol. 96 (3) , 197-204
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121448

Abstract

Susser, M., F. A. Marolla, and J. Fleiss (Columbia Univ. School of Public Health New York, N.Y. 10032). Birth weight, fetal age and perinatal mortality. Am J Epidemiol 96: 197–204, 1972.—Four sets of data that give perinatal mortality rates by birth weight and duration of pregnancy have been studied to discover the relative contributions of birth weight and fetal age to perinatal mortality. Two approaches are used: graphic representation, and the Mantel-Stark method of indirect standardization. Consistently in all sets of data, birth weight makes the predominant contribution to perinatal mortality. The contribution of fetal age seems to be notable only in the period around 37 to 42 weeks of gestation. The implications of these findings for prediction and prevention of pregnancy outcomes, and for characterizing syndromes of fetal growth and maturity, are noted.

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