Birth-weight differences at term are explained by placental dysfunction and not by maternal ethnicity. Study in newborns of first generation immigrants.

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Birth-weight differences at term are explained by placental dysfunction and not by maternal ethnicity. Study in newborns of first generation immigrants.

Antonio José Cañada Martínez Paolo Rosati Gabriela Loscalzo José Morales-roselló José Morales-roselló Antonio Lanzone Elisa Scarinci Alfredo Perales Marín Alfredo Perales Marín Silvia Buongiorno Laura Giménez Roca

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medicine.medical_specialty Middle Cerebral Artery media_common.quotation_subject Birth weight Placenta Immigration Ethnic group Emigrants and Immigrants Gestational Age Ultrasonography Prenatal Umbilical Arteries Placental dysfunction Pregnancy medicine Ethnicity Birth Weight Humans health care economics and organizations media_common Retrospective Studies Obstetrics business.industry Infant Newborn Parturition Obstetrics and Gynecology Fetal doppler First generation Term (time)Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health population characteristics Female Fetal nutrition business geographic locations

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The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of ethnicity and cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) on the birth weight (BW) of first generation Indo-Pakistan immigrants' newborns.This was a retrospective study in a mixed population of 620 term Caucasian and Indo-Pakistan pregnancies, evaluated in two reference hospitals of Spain and Italy. All fetuses underwent a scan and Doppler examination within two weeks of delivery. The influence of fetal gender, ethnicity, GA at delivery, CPR, maternal age, height, weight and parity on BW was evaluated by multivariable regression analysis.Newborns of first generation Indo-Pakistan immigrants were smaller than local Caucasian newborns (mean BW mean= 3048 ± 435 g versus 3269 ± 437 g,The propensity to a lower BW, explained by placental dysfunction but not by maternal ethnicity is transmitted to newborns of first generation immigrants. Whatever are the factors implied they persist in the new residential setting.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2020-05-07	The journal of maternal-fetalneonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians

10.1080/14767058.2020.1755651 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32372671