ReviewBulletin of the World Health Organization1987
Determinants of low birth weight: methodological assessment and meta-analysis.
Review in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1987. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 700 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Study of Oral Health Care Education and Therapy to Reduce Gingivitis During Pregnancy
Can Bovine Lactoferrin Prevent Neonatal Infections in Low Birth Weight Babies in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Who cites it
700 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 2,715 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Maternal Underweight on Infant and Maternal Outcomes in Japanese Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of antenatal care on low birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis in Africa, 2022.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Genetic meta-analysis of twin birth weight shows high genetic correlation with singleton birth weight.Human molecular genetics · 2021Pooled it
- Ambient and household PM2.5 pollution and adverse perinatal outcomes: A meta-regression and analysis of attributable global burden for 204 countries and territories.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Polyunsaturated and Trans Fatty Acids During Pregnancy and Offspring Weight Development.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Relationship between preterm, low birth weight and early childhood caries: a meta-analysis of the case-control and cross-sectional study.Bioscience reports · 2020Pooled it
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- Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Chained Risk Assessment for Life-Long Disease Burden of Early Exposures - Demonstration of Concept Using Prenatal Maternal Smoking.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Prevalence of Low Birth Weight Infants in Iran.Journal of pregnancy · 2020Pooled it
- Prenatal smoking exposure and cardio-metabolic risk factors in adulthood: a general population study and a meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2019Pooled it
- Association of maternal prenatal smoking GFI1-locus and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in 18,212 adults.EBioMedicine · 2018Pooled it
- Observational analysis of factors associated with completion of four or more antenatal care visits in Sarlahi district, Nepal.BMJ open · 2026Trial
- Trial
- Effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on child blood pressure in a European cohort.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Maternal plasma lipid levels across pregnancy and the risks of small-for-gestational age and low birth weight: a cohort study from rural Gambia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of routine third trimester ultrasonography to reduce adverse perinatal outcomes in low risk pregnancy (the IRIS study): nationwide, pragmatic, multicentre, stepped wedge cluster randomised trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Trial
- Determinants of low birth weight in the context of maternal nutrition education in urban informal settlements, Kenya.Journal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2019Trial
- Effects of Food Supplementation During Pregnancy on Maternal Weight Gain, Hemoglobin Levels and Pregnancy Outcomes in Iran.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Trial
- The impact of mental health disorders in pregnancy on obstetric and neonatal outcomes: A narrative review.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Review
640 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
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Registered trials
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