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Second trimester postload glucose level as an important predictor of low birth weight infants: Tanaka Women's Clinic Study |
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| Authors: | Yoko Yachi Yasuhiro Tanaka Izumi Nishibata Sakiko Yoshizawa Kazuya Fujihara Satoru Kodama Akiko Suzuki Osamu Hanyu Hirohito Sone |
| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Yamanashi Gakuin University, Yamanashi, Japan;2. Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan;3. Tanaka Women''s Clinic, Tokyo, Japan;4. Kawasaki City College of Nursing, Kawasaki, Japan |
| Abstract: | Although it is well known that the maternal prepregnancy BMI is a strong contributor to fetal growth, our results showed that a low postload glucose level, although within normal range, independent of maternal BMI was strongly associated with an increased risk of low birth weight births among Japanese mothers. |
| Keywords: | Low birth weight Pregnancy Blood glucose Body mass index |
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