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- Abstract:
- Relatively few studies have longitudinally examined the impact of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) on linear growth and nutritional status during infancy in low- and middle-income countries. Further, none have employed pre-natal ultrasound to more determine gestational age or a healthy reference curve that is genetically similar to the study population. The objectives of this study were to longitudinally compare rates of stunting, wasting and underweight among LBW, non-LBW, SGA and non-SGA infants in Leyte, The Philippines to identify whether infants in this setting catch up to normal newborns, and whether there are independent factors that might predict when catch up is more likely to occur.
- Notes:
- Scholarly concentration: Global Health
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Blake, Rachel A.,
"The impact of low birth weight and small for gestational age infants on longitudinal growth and nutritional status in the Philippines"
(2016).
Scholarly Concentrations Program Collection of Abstracts.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/j5gp-md16
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Scholarly Concentrations Program Collection of Abstracts
...Each spring the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Scholarly Concentrations Program (SCP) publishes a print volume of abstracts written by medical students in the SCP and their mentors that describes the research projects that they collaborated on over …