TY - JOUR
T1 - Birth out of wedlock and the risk of intrauterine growth retardation
AU - Gale, Rena
AU - Zengen, Shmuel
AU - Harlap, Susan
AU - Fischer, Allen F.
AU - Stevenson, David K.
PY - 1988/7
Y1 - 1988/7
N2 - Birth out of wedlock has been associated with maternal and neonatal problems, especially lowbirthweight, attributed mainly to the young maternal age of the unmarried mothers. We surveyed a cohort of 300 first-born infants delivered in Israel to unwed mothers, matched for parity, maternal age, and ethnic origin. No maternal complications were found among the unwed mothers. However, the incidence of intrauterine growth retardation among infants of the out of wedlock mothers was 53 of 293, compared with 20 of 297 among the control population (p < 0.001). This difference in the incidence of intrauterine growth retardation may not be associated with young maternal age.
AB - Birth out of wedlock has been associated with maternal and neonatal problems, especially lowbirthweight, attributed mainly to the young maternal age of the unmarried mothers. We surveyed a cohort of 300 first-born infants delivered in Israel to unwed mothers, matched for parity, maternal age, and ethnic origin. No maternal complications were found among the unwed mothers. However, the incidence of intrauterine growth retardation among infants of the out of wedlock mothers was 53 of 293, compared with 20 of 297 among the control population (p < 0.001). This difference in the incidence of intrauterine growth retardation may not be associated with young maternal age.
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U2 - 10.1055/s-2007-999703
DO - 10.1055/s-2007-999703
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C2 - 3382487
AN - SCOPUS:0023752618
SN - 0735-1631
VL - 5
SP - 278
EP - 282
JO - American Journal of Perinatology
JF - American Journal of Perinatology
IS - 3
ER -
