Gestational age

Lack of effect of maternal body mass index on anthropometric characteristics of newborns in twin gestations

G. M. D. D. Colletto and Segre, C. A. M., Lack of effect of maternal body mass index on anthropometric characteristics of newborns in twin gestations, vol. 4, pp. 47-54, 2005.

We examined the correlation between maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and newborn weight, length, BMI, and gestational order, in singleton and twin births. The sample comprised 381 mothers of multiple babies (562 twins), and 7979 singleton pregnancies, used as controls. The Mann-Whitney non-parametric test was used to compare the values between the two groups, and the Spearman’s correlation test (rS) was applied to the quantitative variables.

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