ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2013
Potential prevention of small for gestational age in Australia: a population-based linkage study.
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- The Population-Attributable Fractions of Small-for-Gestational-Age Births: Results from the Japan Birth Cohort Consortium.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review on estimating population attributable fraction for risk factors for small-for-gestational-age births in 81 low- and middle-income countries.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Association of Very Preterm Birth or Very Low Birth Weight With Intelligence in Adulthood: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Dietary practices among antenatal women in Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors.BMJ open · 2026Article
- The impact of HPV vaccination beyond cancer prevention: effect on pregnancy outcomes.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Review
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- Association of Fetal Growth With General and Specific Mental Health Conditions.JAMA psychiatry · 2019Article
- A large proportion of poor birth outcomes among Aboriginal Western Australians are attributable to smoking, alcohol and substance misuse, and assault.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Comorbidity, Physical Function, and Quality of Life in Older Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.Current geriatrics reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmall for gestational age (SGA) infants are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality. We sought to identify risk factors associated with SGA and examined the potential for reducing the proportion of infants with SGA at a population level.
methodsBirth and hospital records were linked for births occurring in 2007-2010 in New South Wales, Australia. The analysis was stratified into three groups: preterm births, term births to non-diabetic mothers and term births to diabetic mothers. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between SGA and a range of socio-demographic and behavioural factors and health conditions, with generalised estimating equations to account for correlation among births to the same mother. Model-based population attributable fractions (PAFs) were calculated for risk factors that were considered causative and potentially modifiable.
resultsOf 28,126 SGA infants, the largest group was term infants of non-diabetic mothers (88.5%), followed by term infants of diabetic mothers (6.3%) and preterm infants (5.3%). The highest PAFs were for smoking: 12.4% for preterm SGA and 10.3% for term SGA infants of non-diabetic mothers. Other risk factors for SGA that were considered modifiable included: illicit drug dependency or abuse in pregnancy in all three groups, and pregnancy hypertension and late commencement of antenatal care in term infants of non-diabetic mothers, but PAFs were less than 3%.
conclusionsThere are opportunities for modest reduction of the prevalence of SGA through reduction in smoking in pregnancy, and possibly earlier commencement of antenatal care and improved management of high-risk pregnancies.
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