Letter to the Editor

Birth Weight for Gestational Age Patterns by Ethnicity, Gender, and Parity in an Urban Population

Authors: Dotun Ogunyemi, MD, Brandye Manigat-Wilson, MD, Mohsen Bazargan, PhD, Deyu Pan, PhD

Abstract

To the Editor:


Current standards for assessing birth weight rely on data that may not approximate specific populations.1,2 The objective of this study was 1) to develop a regional reference of birth weight for gestational age curves for an urban population of African Americans and Hispanics at sea level; 2) to assess the effects of ethnicity, gender, and parity on birthweight and 3) to compare our results with well-known published birth weights for gestational nomograms.

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