title: Influence of maternal pregravid weight, height and body mass index on birth weight of male and female newborns.
abstract: The study included 2300 healthy couples and their healthy newborns delivered vaginally from singleton, normal term (37-42 weeks) pregnancies in Sibenik, Zadar and Split (Croatia). Both fathers and mothers of male newborns were older and had a higher weight than those of female newborns (p < 0.05). Gestational age and birth weight were higher in male than female newborns (p < 0.001). Increasing maternal pregravid weight led to increasing birth weight of both male and female newborns (p < 0.001). Furthermore, increasing maternal height and body mass index resulted in increasing birth weight of male and female newborns (p < 0.001). Thus, the fathers and mothers of male infants were older than those of female infants (p < 0.05), and increasing pre-gravid body weight, body height and body mass index were associated with a higher birth weight in both male and female newborns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Scientific Research, Sibenik General Hospital, Sibenik, Croatia.
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miletić
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stoini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors