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Secular trend in the rate of small-for-gestational-age infants: Haguenau Study 1971-1985

  1. L. MEYER1,*,
  2. J. BOUYER1,
  3. E. PAPIERNTK2,
  4. D. LE LANN3,
  5. L. MOUKENGUE3,
  6. J. DREYFUS3

Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06815.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 95, Issue 12, pages 1257–1263, December 1988

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MEYER, L., BOUYER, J., PAPIERNTK, E., LE LANN, D., MOUKENGUE, L. and DREYFUS, J. (1988), Secular trend in the rate of small-for-gestational-age infants: Haguenau Study 1971-1985. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 95: 1257–1263. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06815.x

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  1. 1

    INSERM U 170, Recherches Epidémiologiques et Statistiques sur l'Environnement et la Santé, 16 avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94807 Villejuif Cédex, France

  2. 2

    Departement de Gynécologic et Obstétrique, Hôpital Antoine-Béclère, 157 rue de la Porte de Trivaux, 92140 Clamant, France

  3. 3

    Service de Gynécologic et Obstétrique, Centre Hospitaller Général, 67504 Haguenau, France

* L. Meyer

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
  3. Received 20 October 1987, Accepted 19 July 1988

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Summary. Between 1971 and 1985, at the Haguenau Maternity Hospital, a 20% decrease was observed in the rate of small-for-gestationalage infants (birthweight <10th centile using figures from all the study births) among 20 101 births between 28 and 42 weeks. This decrease could not be explained by simultaneous changes in socio-demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the pregnant women, nor a recruitment bias. The earliness of prenatal care at the Maternity Hospital may have played a role in the downward trend. Further research is needed to confirm the influence of prenatal care on the rate of small-forgestational-age babies.

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