Does red blood cell irradiation and/or anemia trigger intestinal injury in premature infants with birth weight ≤ 1250 g? An observational birth cohort study by Terri Marin, Ravi M. Patel, John D. Roback, Sean R. Stowell, Ying Guo, Kirk Easley, Megan Warnock, Jane Skvarich, Cassandra D. Josephson

“…Methods In this paper, we outline our prospective, multicenter observational cohort study of infants with a birth weight ≤ 1250 g to investigate the associations between RBC transfusion, anemia, intestinal oxygenation and injury that lead to NEC. …”
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Association between preterm births and socioeconomic development: analysis of national data by Marina Sanches Montemor, Gabriella Ferreira Demarque, Agatha Sacramento Rodrigues, Rossana Pulcinelli Vieira Francisco, Mario Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho

“…Spearman’s correlation was used to determine the correlation between socioeconomic factors and the preterm birth rate. Multiple beta regression analysis was performed to determine the best model of socioeconomic covariates and preterm birth rate. …”
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Developing and evaluating Birthing on Country services for First Nations Australians: the Building On Our Strengths (BOOSt) prospective mixed methods birth cohort study protocol by Penny Haora, Yvette Roe, Sophie Hickey, Yu Gao, Carmel Nelson, Jyai Allen, Melanie Briggs, Faye Worner, Sue Kruske, Kristie Watego, Sarah-Jade Maidment, Donna Hartz, Juanita Sherwood, Lesley Barclay, Sally Tracy, Mark Tracy, Liz Wilkes, Roianne West, Nerida Grant, Sue Kildea

“…‘Birthing on Country’ incorporates a multiplicity of interpretations but conveys a resumption of maternity services in First Nations Communities with Community governance for the best start to life. …”
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Use of minisatellite DNA probes for determination of twin zygosity at birth. by Hill, A, Jeffreys, A

Infrastructural Breaks on the Road from Birth to Death in Contemporary Russia by Sergei Mokhov, Anastasia Andreevna Novkunskaya

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Pilot linkage of NHS Numbers for Babies data with birth registrations. by Hilder, L, Moser, K, Dattani, N, Macfarlane, A

“…Live/stillbirth and multiple birth status were each differently classified in approximately 1 per 1,000 records. …”

Theory of mind, birth order, and siblings among preschool children. by Farhadian, Mokhtar, Abdullah, Rohani, Mansor, Mariani, Redzuan, Ma’arof, Kumar, Vijay, Gazanizad, Neda

“…Incontrast, a significant difference was found between ToM and birth order. Additionally, onundertaking a hierarchical multiple regression analysis, it was found that, over and aboveage and verbal ability, a significant contribution for birth order to ToM development wasobserved.…”
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Association between maternal food group intake and birth size by S., L. Loy, M., Marhazlina, J.M., Hamid Jan

“…The pregnancy outcomes, birth weight, birth length and head circumference were obtained from the medical records. …”
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Preterm Birth, Kidney Function and Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Adolescents by Athanasia Chainoglou, Katerina Chrysaidou, Vasilios Kotsis, Stella Stabouli

“…Recent literature supports that prematurity, intrauterine growth restriction or low birth weight (LBW) may have an adverse impact on the development of multiple organ systems, predisposing to chronic diseases in childhood and adulthood, such as arterial hypertension and chronic kidney disease. …”
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Factors associated with adolescent birth in Indonesia: a national survey by Yuli Devi, Mario Ekoriano, Diah Sari, Muthmainnah Muthmainnah

“… Introduction: Adolescent birth has many negative impacts on the development of a country. …”
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Associations of longitudinal fetal growth patterns with cardiometabolic factors at birth by Huang, J-S, Chen, Q-Z, Zheng, S-Y, Ramakrishnan, R, Zeng, J-Y, Zhuo, C-P, Yu-Mian, L, Kuang, Y-S, Jin-Hua, L, Jian-Rong, H, Xiu, Q

“…<br><strong>Background: </strong>Birth weight is associated with cardiometabolic factors at birth. …”

Birth weight and bone mass in young adults from Brazil. by Schlüssel, M, de Castro, J, Kac, G, da Silva, A, Cardoso, VC, Bettiol, H, Barbieri, M

“…The influence of birth weight and length, and adult weight and height on bone area (BA), bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine, proximal femur and femoral neck were investigated through simple and multiple linear regression models. …”

Effect of Ramadan Fasting during Pregnancy on Neonatal Birth Weight by 1Nahid Sarafraz, Mahboobeh Kafaei Atrian, Fatemeh Abbaszadeh, Azam Bagheri

“…Therefore we declare thatfasting for pregnant women who receive prenatal care has no effects on neonatal birth weight.…”
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Association between maternal hyperglycemia and composite maternal-birth outcomes by Shen, SY, Zhang, LF, He, JR, Lu, JH, Chen, NN, Xiao, WQ, Yuan, MY, Xia, HM, Lam, KBH, Qiu, X

“…<p><strong>Objective:</strong> The overall impact of maternal hyperglycemia on maternal and birth outcomes is largely underestimated, therefore quantifying the true burden of hyperglycemia in a whole population it is a challenging task. …”

Effect of maternal food choices and pregnancy symptoms on birth outcomes by Aziz, Ainor Farahin

“…Data were analysed using multiple linear regression adjusted for maternal height, prepregnancy body mass index, parity, gestational age at birth and neonatal gender. …”
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Birth weight associations with DNA methylation differences in an adult population by Rebecca A. Madden, Daniel L. McCartney, Rosie M. Walker, Robert F. Hillary, Mairead L. Bermingham, Konrad Rawlik, Stewart W. Morris, Archie Campbell, David J. Porteous, Ian J. Deary, Kathryn L. Evans, Jonathan Hafferty, Andrew M. McIntosh, Riccardo E. Marioni

“…The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) theory predicts that prenatal and early life events shape adult health outcomes. Birth weight is a useful indicator of the foetal experience and has been associated with multiple adult health outcomes. …”
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Machine learning-based approach for predicting low birth weight by Amene Ranjbar, Farideh Montazeri, Mohammadsadegh Vahidi Farashah, Vahid Mehrnoush, Fatemeh Darsareh, Nasibeh Roozbeh

“…Abstract Background Low birth weight (LBW) has been linked to infant mortality. …”
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Development of a mouse model of ascending infection and preterm birth. by Nicholas R Spencer, Enkhtuya Radnaa, Tuvshintugs Baljinnyam, Talar Kechichian, Ourlad Alzeus G Tantengco, Elizabeth Bonney, Ananth Kumar Kammala, Samantha Sheller-Miller, Ramkumar Menon

“…<h4>Background</h4>Microbial invasion of the intraamniotic cavity and intraamniotic inflammation are factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth. Understanding the route and kinetics of infection, sites of colonization, and mechanisms of host inflammatory response is critical to reducing preterm birth risk.…”
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Risk factors associated with preterm birth after IVF/ICSI by Jian Li, Jinhua Shen, Xiaoli Zhang, Yangqin Peng, Qin Zhang, Liang Hu, Christoph Reichetzeder, Suimin Zeng, Jing Li, Mei Tian, Fei Gong, Ge Lin, Berthold Hocher

“…Older (> 39) or younger (< 25) maternal age (OR: 1.504, 95% CI 1.108–2.042, P = 0.009; OR: 2.125, 95% CI 1.049–4.304, P = 0.036, respectively), multiple pregnancy (OR: 9.780, 95% CI 8.014–11.935, P < 0.001; OR: 8.588, 95% CI 4.866–15.157, P < 0.001, respectively), placenta previa (OR: 14.954, 95% CI 8.053–27.767, P < 0.001; OR: 16.479, 95% CI 4.381–61.976, P < 0.001, respectively), and embryo reduction (OR: 3.547, 95% CI 1.736–7.249, P = 0.001; OR: 7.145, 95% CI 1.990–25.663, P = 0.003, respectively) were associated with preterm birth and early preterm birth, whereas gestational hypertension (OR: 2.494, 95% CI 1.770–3.514, P < 0.001), elevated triglycerides (OR: 1.120, 95% CI 1.011–1.240, P = 0.030) and shorter activated partial thromboplastin time (OR: 0.967, 95% CI 0.949–0.985, P < 0.001) were associated only with preterm birth. …”
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Pretreatment with long-acting gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists improved pregnancy outcomes after hysteroscopic multiple polypectomies: A retrospective study of 660 frozen–th... by Jieyu Wang, Xiaomei Tong, Haiyan Zhu, Minling Wei, Xiaona Lin, Xiufen Wang, Huaying Yu, Fang Hong, Songying Zhang

“…Results: There were 212 GnRH-a pretreatment cases (45 single and 167 multiple polyps) and 448 HRT-only cases (228 single and 220 multiple polyps). …”
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