WEIGHT AND LENGTH AT BIRTH OF INFANTS OF DIABETIC MOTHERS
- 1 August 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 16 (4) , 330-342
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0160330
Abstract
Birth weight and length of 122 surviving babies of diabetics were compared to a matched control group of 122 infants of non-diabetics. The average weight and length for the infants of non-diabetic controls was 3045 g and 49.5 c, for infants of diabetics 3600 g and 51.0 c. The frequency distribution curves for weight and length are nearly normal, but placed at higher levels than are those of non-diabetic infants. There was an inverse correlation between the length of treatment of the mothers for diabetes and the weights of the infants, and there was a positive correlation between the maternal pregnancy level of blood sugar during the last 6-7 weeks of pregnancy and the birth weight and length of infants of non-diabetic controls.Keywords
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