The effect of maternal and paternal height and weight on antenatal, perinatal and postnatal morphology in sex-stratified analyses.

Lise Skåren Braidy Davies Åshild Bjørnerem

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2019)

Maternal, not paternal, body proportions determined fetal growth in both sexes. Paternal height predicted birth length in girls. In contrast, maternal height predicted birth length in boys. Both parents predicted postnatal body proportions at 12 and 24 months in both sexes.

Keyphrases

body mass index
pregnancy outcomes
birth weight
gestational age
pregnant women
weight gain
preterm infants
preterm birth
magnetic resonance
physical activity
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography