Plus ça change: predictors of birthweight in two national studies

  1. T. J. PETERS Research Assistant1,
  2. JEAN GOLDING Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer1,
  3. N. R. BUTLER Professor1,
  4. J. G. FRYER Reader in Statistics2,
  5. C. J. LAWRENCE Lecturer2,
  6. G. V. P. CHAMBERLAIN Professor3

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06442.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 90, Issue 11, pages 1040–1045, November 1983

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PETERS, T. J., GOLDING, J., BUTLER, N. R., FRYER, J. G., LAWRENCE, C. J. and CHAMBERLAIN, G. V. P. (1983), Plus ça change: predictors of birthweight in two national studies. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 90: 1040–1045. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06442.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Washington House, Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5QD

  2. 2

    Department of Mathematical Statistics and Operational Research, University of Exeter, Streatham Court, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4PU

  3. 3

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received 29 November 1982 Accepted 10 April 1983

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Summary. The 16 989 singleton births in one week of March, 1958, studied by the British Perinatal Mortality Survey, were subjected to an analysis of covariance, which showed that major factors associated with birthweight of the infant were: maternal height, history of smoking in pregnancy, parity and history of pre-eclampsia during the pregnancy. The same analysis was repeated on the data collected on 16 792 singletons born 12 years later in one week of April, 1970 and studied by the British Births Survey. In spite of major changes in obstetric practice and in the maternal population, the same factors were shown to be highly significant and the magnitude of the associations had changed little.

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