title: Birth weight and cardiovascular malformations: a population-based study. The Baltimore-Washington Infant Study.
abstract: Mean birth weights were evaluated in infants with D-transposition of the great arteries, tetralogy of Fallot, endocardial cushion defect, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, pulmonary stenosis, aortic stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, ventricular septal defect, and atrial septal defect in a population-based case-control study of congenital cardiovascular malformations in residents of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia (1981-1987). Study subjects were liveborn singletons without extracardiac anomalies. After adjustment for potentially confounding maternal, gestational, and infant factors, significant birth weight deficits were found for infants with tetralogy of Fallot, endocardial cushion defect, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, pulmonary stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, ventricular septal defect, and atrial septal defect. After adjustment, infants with these malformations (except coarctation of the aorta and atrial septal defect) were also significantly more likely than were controls to have low birth weight for gestational age. These findings strengthen previous evidence that certain cardiovascular malformations and low birth weight may be causally related.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Permutt
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Boughman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferencz
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004219:District of Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000209:etiology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008396:Maryland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014768:Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology