The increase in very‐low‐birthweight infants in Germany: artefact or reality?

Nolte, Ellen; Koupilová, Ilona

doi:10.1046/j.1365-3016.2002.00401.x

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“…Child care for under 3-year-old children is not available in West Germany and Kiel. The risk factors for admission with LRI such as underlying conditions and prematurity as shown in our study do not increase suddenly but more insidiously [28] with the advance of modern pediatric and intensive care [44].…”

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confidence: 49%

“…Prematures showed a particular tendency to WBB and bronchitis. This could mean that the increasing number of immature infants could contribute to the increase in obstructive airway conditions in the pediatric population in general [31,44] and in the West German population in particular [28]. From earlier studies it is known that premature infants have a higher risk for readmission with RSV and obstructive airway disease [23,43,44].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Descriptive Epidemiology of Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Kiel, Germany

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Section: Trend Over Timesupporting

confidence: 49%

Section: Underlying Condition and Gestational Agementioning

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The Descriptive Epidemiology of Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Kiel, Germany

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“…Canadian population data suggest that this could be a result of changed registration practices: with the better chances of saving very low birth weight infants (v1,500 g), a higher proportion is classified as live births [19]. For a former West German population it has been suggested that the increase reflects an actual change [20]. Figures for the whole of Sweden indicate an increase in the proportion of very low birth weights, possibly reflecting a real increase [21].…”

Section: Inequality In Birth Weight and The Development Of Birth Weigmentioning

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Education, infant mortality, and low birth weight in Sweden 1973—1990: Emergence of the low birth weight paradox

Gisselmann

2005

Scand J Public Health

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The widening differences in infant mortality and low birth weight over time may be caused by the decrease in women with low education, signifying increased selection and growing social disadvantage in this group. The emergence of the low birth weight paradox suggests that the distribution of causes of low birth weight differs between educational groups, and further that these causes are differently related to infant mortality. To disentangle these two groups of causes and their effects on infant mortality seems highly relevant.

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“…In Europe and North America, there is also an increasing proportion of infants born with macrosomia or high BW 2,3,7–12 . Macrosomia has been variously defined as BW >4000 or 4500 g, or >90th percentile for gestational age; it occurs in about 6‐10% of all deliveries 13 …”

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Trends in birth size and macrosomia in Queensland, Australia, from 1988 to 2005

Lahmann

Wills

Coory

2009

Paediatric Perinatal Epid

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The objectives of this study were to explore temporal changes in birth measures in Queensland, Australia, and examine whether secular trends are similar to those in other countries. This study used data from the Queensland Perinatal Data Collection, including singleton livebirths (n = 831 375) from 1988 to 2005. Recorded birthweight (BW, g), birth length (BL, cm), gestational age (weeks), maternal age, ethnic origin and calculated ponderal index (PI, kg/m(3)) were used. Temporal trends were assessed over the intervals 1988-2005 for BW and 2001-2005 for BW, BL and PI. Mean BW increased during the 17-year interval by approximately 1.9 g/year at a relatively low rate compared with reports from other countries. The proportion of high BW infants (> or = 4000 g) rose by 0.8% per year. Stratification by Indigenous status indicated that the increase in mean BW and prevalence of high BW was confined to non-Indigenous newborns only. The secular increase in BW was further modified by gestational age, and maternal age. The increase in BW was larger in term infants (4.2 g/year) than in preterm infants (1.8 g/year), and larger in infants of younger mothers than in those of older mothers (5.0 g/year vs. 3.1 g/year). There were no trends in mean BL and mean PI at birth from 2001 to 2005. In Queensland, mean BW increased moderately in the last 17 years, as did the proportion of high BW infants. The trend in rising BW remained after controlling for other perinatal characteristics. Birth measures per se and related trends differed by Indigenous status and warrant further investigation.

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The increase in very‐low‐birthweight infants in Germany: artefact or reality?

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

The Descriptive Epidemiology of Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Kiel, Germany

The Descriptive Epidemiology of Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Kiel, Germany

Education, infant mortality, and low birth weight in Sweden 1973—1990: Emergence of the low birth weight paradox

Trends in birth size and macrosomia in Queensland, Australia, from 1988 to 2005

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