Low birthweight and impaired growth to 5 years in Australian aborigines.
Twelve per cent of Aboriginal infants born in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1980 were of low birthweight; this is more than twice the incidence in the non-Aboriginal population of Western Australia. There was widespread faltering of growth (weight and height) after 6 months of age in Aboriginal children whether they were of normal or low birthweight. Growth retardation was more marked in low birthweight babies who showed little evidence of 'catch-up' growth in the first 5 years of life.
Gracey
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth.
Anderson
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CM
Brooks
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D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001827:Body Height; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology; D015430:Weight Gain; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples