The role of neighbourhood socioeconomic status in large for gestational age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) was associated with large for gestational age (LGA) while considering key sociodemographic and clinical confounding factors.

Setting and patient

All singleton infants whose parents were living in the city of Marseilles, France, between 2013 and 2016.

Method

Population-based study based on new-born hospital birth admission charts from the French National Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set Database. LGA infants were compared to appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) infants. Multiple generalized logistic model analysis was used to examine factors associated with LGA.

Results

A total of 43,309 singleton infants were included, and 4,747 (11%) were born LGA. LGA infants were more likely to have

SUBMITTER: Boubred F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7274403 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature