Is birth weight determined genetically?

79Citations
Citations of this article
18Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

Abstract

Birthweight correlations were analysed among 505 intergenerational pairs of first births to women aged 18–25 identified from a large obstetric data bank. After standardisation for fetal sex, maternal height, gestational age, and proteinuric pre-eclampsia residual correlations of between 0.1402 and 0.1725 were found, suggesting only a small genetic effect. It is concluded that genetic factors play only a small part in determining birth weight. © 1987, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Carr-Hill, R., Campbell, D. M., Hall, M. H., & Meredith, A. (1987). Is birth weight determined genetically? British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.), 295(6600), 687–689. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.295.6600.687

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free