Add to ORKGCopyright © 2013 Misato Terada et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. We investigated the possible factors related to the birth weight (BW) using the Japanese perinatal database.Methods. The live infants born at 37 to 41weeks of gestationwere enrolled in this study. Caseswith diabetic pregnancy, preeclampsia, an anomalous fetus, and a fetus with chromosomal abnormalities were excluded. A multiple regression analysis for confounding factors and an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for comparing the BW in 2006 and 2010 were used for the statistical analy...
Background: There has been no large nationwide population-based study to examine the effects of mate...
Low birth weight (LBW) is defined as a weight of 2499 g or less and in Japan it is considered an imp...
Differences in low birth weight rate depending on maternal socioeconomic characteristics have not ye...
Objective. We investigated the possible factors related to the birth weight (BW) using the Japanese ...
BackgroundAlthough low birth weight in Japan has slightly increased over the past several decades, t...
Low-birthweight (LBW; <2,500 g) babies are at a higher risk of poor educational achievement, disabil...
From 1985 to 2013, the mean birth weight of infants in Japan decreased from 3120 g to 3000 g, and th...
Background: In Japan, mean maternal age at first childbirth is increasing. The aim of this study was...
The present study was conducted on changes in the coefficient variations of live birth weight and in...
Background: Birth weight is an important indicator of a child′s vulnerability to the risk of childho...
Oxford University Press, Hiroki Ohmi, Kenzou Hirooka, Akira Hata, Yoshikatsu Mochizuki, INTERNATIONA...
The Lancet's World Report (Feb 10, p 451)1 rightly highlights the growing epidemic of obesity in Jap...
A questionnaire study on factors related to birth weight was carried out in a "Buraku" area and cont...
Copyright © 2013 Masaki Ogawa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative C...
Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any m...
Background: There has been no large nationwide population-based study to examine the effects of mate...
Low birth weight (LBW) is defined as a weight of 2499 g or less and in Japan it is considered an imp...
Differences in low birth weight rate depending on maternal socioeconomic characteristics have not ye...
Objective. We investigated the possible factors related to the birth weight (BW) using the Japanese ...
BackgroundAlthough low birth weight in Japan has slightly increased over the past several decades, t...
Low-birthweight (LBW; <2,500 g) babies are at a higher risk of poor educational achievement, disabil...
From 1985 to 2013, the mean birth weight of infants in Japan decreased from 3120 g to 3000 g, and th...
Background: In Japan, mean maternal age at first childbirth is increasing. The aim of this study was...
The present study was conducted on changes in the coefficient variations of live birth weight and in...
Background: Birth weight is an important indicator of a child′s vulnerability to the risk of childho...
Oxford University Press, Hiroki Ohmi, Kenzou Hirooka, Akira Hata, Yoshikatsu Mochizuki, INTERNATIONA...
The Lancet's World Report (Feb 10, p 451)1 rightly highlights the growing epidemic of obesity in Jap...
A questionnaire study on factors related to birth weight was carried out in a "Buraku" area and cont...
Copyright © 2013 Masaki Ogawa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative C...
Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any m...
Background: There has been no large nationwide population-based study to examine the effects of mate...
Low birth weight (LBW) is defined as a weight of 2499 g or less and in Japan it is considered an imp...
Differences in low birth weight rate depending on maternal socioeconomic characteristics have not ye...