Paternal factors to the offspring birth weight: the 829 birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the contributions of parental, especially paternal factors to the offspring birth weight.

Methods

Eligible 829 live-born, singleton children living in Hubei, China were recruited. Birth weight were measured immediately after birth and information about the parents were collected by face-to-face interview using questionnaire. Association between parental factors and birth weight was evaluated using univariate linear regression and multinomial logistic regression models.

Results

Fathers living in the rural area had offspring with higher risk of low birth weight when compared with fathers who live in the capital city. Maternal lower education, lower gestational weight gain, being primipara and shorter gestational age were risk factors for low bir

SUBMITTER: Fan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4565335 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature