ArticleTropical medicine and health2017
Temperature during pregnancy influences the fetal growth and birth size.
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- Associations between high temperatures in pregnancy and risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirths: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of maternal influenza vaccination on adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Temperature extremes and stillbirth risk in Bihar, India: a panel data analysis, 2009-2019.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Prenatal exposure to heat and humidity and infant birth size in Ghana.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Adverse effects of temperature on perinatal and pregnancy outcomes: methodological challenges and knowledge gaps.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Maternal nutritional status modifies heat-associated growth restriction in women with chronic malnutrition.PNAS nexus · 2023Article
- Climate change impacts on the health of South Asian children and women subpopulations - A scoping review.Heliyon · 2022Article
- Amniotic fluid characteristics and its application in stem cell therapy: A review.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2022Review
- Low cost, non-invasive, and continuous vital signs monitoring device for pregnant women in low resource settings (Lvital device).HardwareX · 2022Article
- Determinants of stunting during the first 1,000 days of life in Bangladesh: A review.Food science & nutrition · 2020Review
- Seasonally variant gene expression in full-term human placenta.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2020Article
- Impacts of high temperature on adverse birth outcomes in Seoul, Korea: Disparities by individual- and community-level characteristics.Environmental research · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundBirth weight and length have seasonal fluctuations. However, it is uncertain which meteorological element has an effect on birth outcomes and which timing of pregnancy would explain such effect. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine temperature effects during pregnancy and which timing of pregnancy has effects on size at birth.
methodsA large, randomized, controlled trial of food and micronutrient supplementation for pregnant women was conducted in Matlab, Bangladesh (MINIMat Study), where women were enrolled from November 2001 to October 2003. The fetal growth data which included the size at birth and information of their mothers were obtained (
resultsInfants born in colder months (November-January) were shorter than those born in hot and dry, and monsoon months (mean (SD) of birth length was 47.5 cm (2.2) vs. 47.8 cm (2.1) vs. 47.9 cm (2.1) respectively;
conclusionsThese findings suggest that temperature affects both birth weight and length. The more temperature increased at the last month of pregnancy, birth length became longer. For birth weight, the temperature at mid-pregnancy affected in a positive way.
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