Biomaterial Database

[On the correlation between standard variables of mother and newborn child (author's transl)]. 1976

W Auinger, and P Bauer

In a previous study on the relations existing between infant weight, placental weight and maternal weight and height a strong positive correlation was found between infant and placental weight as well as a positive correlation between maternal weight before birth and infant and placental weight respectively. This could be confirmed in this extended study on 438 cases, in which also other variables, in particular the maternal weight increase during pregnancy, were investigated. Where as in the previous study it was suggested, that maternal weight acts via placental weight on infant weight, the findings of this study imply, that there is also a direct influence of maternal on infant weight. Taking maternal weight before pregnancy and immediately before birth (uncorrected and corrected for placental and fetal weight) separately, the correlation between maternal weight before pregnancy showed a stronger relation to infant weight than the corrected maternal weight increase during pregnancy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008433	Mathematics	The deductive study of shape, quantity, and dependence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Mathematic
D009929	Organ Size	The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness.	Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D010920	Placenta	A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES).	Placentoma, Normal,Placentome,Placentas,Placentomes
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D001724	Birth Weight	The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.	Birthweight,Birth Weights,Birthweights,Weight, Birth,Weights, Birth
D001827	Body Height	The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.	Body Heights,Height, Body,Heights, Body
D001835	Body Weight	The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.	Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man