ArticleAmerican journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council2026
Birth Weight in the Daasanach Community of Northern Kenya and the Effect of Multiparity.
Article in American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
Abstract
objectivesPregnancy is physiologically demanding and may have long-term effects on mothers, yet the effects of prior pregnancies on pregnancy outcomes are not well understood, particularly among non-industrialized subsistence populations. This research explores the effect of parity on birth weight and risk of low birth weight (LBW, < 2500 g) within the Daasanach, a subsistence population in Kenya, and compares data to the United States.
methodsThis study examined delivery records collected from 2011 to 2022 at the Illeret Health Clinic (n = 111) in Marsabit County, Kenya, which provides maternal medical services to Daasanach communities, and a sample from the CDC's US National Vital Statistics System (n = 3 127 176). Birth weight differences and LBW unadjusted odds ratios were calculated between primiparous, low multiparous, and grand multiparous groups.
resultsNo significant effect of parity on birth weight was found in the Daasanach sample, but mean birth weight was lower than the U.S. (difference = 337 g, SE = 43.6 g, p < 0.05) and incidence of LBW was higher (difference = 6.22%, 95% CI = 0.45%-12.0%, p < 0.05). US records showed decreased risk of LBW between primiparity and low multiparity, and increased risk between low multiparity and grand multiparity (p < 0.05), while Daasanach data showed a non-significant contrary trend for the latter.
conclusionsFindings highlight the impact of the energetic demands and environments associated with subsistence populations on birth outcomes. Furthermore, results suggest differing effects of parity on birth weight in subsistence populations, particularly in grand multiparity.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.